Tree of the month

[sean]

thats what i thought.. its the ball thingy im struggling with though.. Ed

 

Spot on mate......thats's fefinately the technical term......ball thingy......appears in all the books!

[armchairarborist]

couple more..

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Nice one Phenom......that's a great fact!

 

Glad to see everybody is contributing to this thread and sharing their knowledge. Any pics of reductions etc would be good too. I'm already really looking forward to next months tree.:thumbup:

 

 

 

Birch is the symbol of renewal and rebirth in pagan belief, a pioneer and cover of baron lands hence the symbol attachment.

 

The sap is a traditional tonic as is also believed to have anti cancer substances.

[Graham]

Birch is the symbol of renewal and rebirth in pagan belief, a pioneer and cover of baron lands hence the symbol attachment.

 

The sap is a traditional tonic as is also believed to have anti cancer substances.

 

The sap is quite a tonic when converted to wine:001_smile:

 

As a 'fresh to the job' young un in 1979 I was groundsman on a job with another lad dismantling a Lombardy. The client was so pleased to be getting his tree removed he gave us a bottle of birch wine at breakfast time.

 

We couldn't resist trying it and promptly finished it with our sandwiches. Got into a bit of a mess after! My mate had a major slip on his spikes and injured his back and for the life of me can't remember how we got the Landrover back!

 

You gotta remember this was a pre pc and ppe world and would never condone this sort of behaviour now...but we were young. Reminds me of a time with homemade scrumpy in the wood but I won't even go there.

[sean]

this was growing close to the top of a 9ft wall. goes to show why the birch is known as a pioneer tree.

[Amelanchier]

anyone know what the growth might be? was about 18inch across

 

Could be a stem gall - most likely caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

[armchairarborist]

that ones not in my books but sounds good.. googled it and found similar growths.. thanks Ed

[Bundle 2]

Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Homepage

[sean]

Feel free to add more info to the Silver Birch thread too....even though it's sooooo last month.