the beauty of standing deadwood

[David Humphries]

Great set of shots Sean.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excuse my ignorance, are they Eucs?

 

Anyone done any work on how many species habitate in/on Vet Eucs?

 

 

Cheers

 

David

 

 

 

 

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[sean freeman]

Yes David they are Eucalyptus camaldulensis ~ River Red Gums, there was a paper written some time back which I used to have a reference for but have since lost relating to the number of different species inhabiting a large Euc in an open woodland site...my very fallible memory tells me it was Ted and Jill when they were out here that made mention of it.

 

We are slowly getting ourselves informed of the critical role such veteran (and where they are present 'ancient') trees play in our ecology.

 

The Uniqueness of Habitats in Old Eucalypts:

 

[David Humphries]

Thanks Sean,

link won't open for me on the Work Pc, but will have look this evening when I get home.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

[sean]

good to see yours hama....here's another couple from richmond pk

[sean]

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[David oakman]

Here you go Sean. I was looking through my old pictures and found this one for ya:thumbup:

[Danavan]

Thought I would share these and hopefully inspire. We are all probably aware of the ecological benefits of standing deadwood. These are micro eco systems in their own right developed over a great period of time. Their complete removal means their destruction. But secondly.....they actually look great too......living sculptures which the likes of landscape artist David Nash (check his wood sculptures out ) would be proud of.

 

I'm fully aware that it is only possible to leave dead stands in a minority of instances but hopefully we can all think about the benefits of this practice more!

 

moved to water exuded from my eyes!..LOOK

[sean]

moved to water exuded from my eyes!..LOOK

 

look at what?

[sean]

some fro this week