Veterans- The ultimate survivors

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

You have to admire trees, they just dont give up, no matter what trials of life they meet they have the gift of survival. Fire, lightning, hurricanes and snow storms, they stand tall and defiant to the last. This thread is about these warriors, trees not always of great age, but always of immense strength and tenacity. These are the trees I meet, each has a story to tell and i guess seeking them out is a spiritual thing to me, sharing a moment in their time, time which seems to us eternal.

 

Enjoy

 

 

 

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

 

 

 

 

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[arb culture]

Wow!

 

Fantastic pictures

[sean freeman]

Some gems from upside down land.....

 

 

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Big euk's! tell me what kind of fungi do these get in their native habitat? dont see much on them here?

[testcricket01]

fantastic pictures there amazing

[Mozza]

Sweet pictures

[Danavan]

Spent last week working on some veterans in burnham beeches. Some truly amazing testements to the power of nature & the battle for life that moves in a time frame we can't fully apriciate.

Lessons indeed to slow down a bit from time to time & take it in..Fantastic pictures.

[arb culture]

 

I'm not sure if this is counted as a veteran, but I was really impressed by its survival.

 

Almost all of the base has rotted through - causing the whole left hand stem to fall over.

 

Although having just a thin strip of live cambium (approximately 5cm across) acting as a bridge between the roots and the 60cm diameter stem, the tree appears to be putting on good extension growth and has a reasonable amount of foliage.

 

Added to that the tree is a shade intolerant ash, and is now growing in the partial shade of an oak woodland.

 

Despite its history this tree really wants to live.