Veterans- The ultimate survivors

Nick Harrison · August 4, 2012

Probably not a veteran but certainly a survivor! Found this walnut at the bottom of a pub garden, next to a load of children's climbing frames.....pics of canopy didn't come out very well so not included, but it has a full crown with obviously plenty of vascular activity going on..

David Humphries · August 4, 2012

that's a character, great to see the pub is happy to keep it.

Did you give them a price for removal ?

:biggrin:

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Tony Croft aka hamadryad · August 4, 2012

Probably not a veteran but certainly a survivor! Found this walnut at the bottom of a pub garden, next to a load of children's climbing frames.....pics of canopy didn't come out very well so not included, but it has a full crown with obviously plenty of vascular activity going on..

that definatley qualifies as a veteran! nice one, wheres the pub? :thumbup1:

Nick Harrison · August 4, 2012

Yeah, wondered if was a vet or just had had a hard life, possibly the same thing I guess?

Pub is in Aldbury in herts just north of berkhamsted.

Thought about a price David, would of course need to factor in a potential nIce bit of wood turning material.... :001_tongue:

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · August 4, 2012

Yeah, wondered if was a vet or just had had a hard life, possibly the same thing I guess?
Pub is in Aldbury in herts just north of berkhamsted.

Thought about a price David, would of course need to factor in a potential nIce bit of wood turning material....

thats local! sweeet, whats the pubs name? :thumbup:

Nick Harrison · August 4, 2012

thats local! sweeet, whats the pubs name?

it's called the valiant trooper, easy to find, only 2 pubs in the village...look for the kiddies climbing frames and there she be!

Tony Croft aka hamadryad · August 4, 2012

it's called the valiant trooper, easy to find, only 2 pubs in the village...look for the kiddies climbing frames and there she be!

tHANKS nICK, SHALL POP OVER AND SHOOT THAT TREE NICE EXAMPLE:thumbup:

RobArb · August 4, 2012

You got fat fingers tonight Tony? :biggrin:

Caps are appearing everywhere:lol:

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Tony Croft aka hamadryad · August 4, 2012

You got fat fingers tonight Tony?

Caps are appearing everywhere:lol:

Sent from my Galaxy S2

THAT AND TORE the skin off the side of me finger nail! :cursing:

sloth · April 8, 2013

Not the greatest example but an interesting tree nonetheless. I stumbled upon this while out feeding ducks with the kids. It is well out of falling distance of the board walk path nearby, the tree itself being in a bit of bog on a nature site; so very little target value/occupancy. I don't know if it is finished or due to be felled, or if the timber and brash is left for habitat or not. The work was very recently carried out.

Anyway; a ton of Trametes versicolour on the failed branch, some type of crust (no pics) further along it, what look like Armillaria plaques exposed in the cavity, lots of Rigidiporous ulmarius (I think) in and around the cavity with two or three very large brackets knocked off (juice cartoon for scale), and what looks like cubical dry decay with mycelial sheets of Laetiporous where a large branch has failed. On top of all the fungal activity there was masses of beetle larvae feeding holes in the exposed wood in the cavity, woodlouse and millepedes under the fallen brackets, birds visiting from top to bottom to feast on the insects and a whole load of bugs I couldn't ID. Oh, that small branch at the top of the cavity is actually a birch, just coming into leaf!

All in all a wonderful willow teeming with life. I hope its left as it is now and not finished tomorrow, chipped up and logged!!!