The Mighty Oak V's The Beautiful beech

[Arborowen]

A few others describing the adaptive growth on the uphill side of what is actually,a steeper slope than the images portray!

Tree's in a built up suburban area of Norwich.

 

nice shots there are several Elms around Eastbourne with similar features. also like that your tweaked them to enhance the subject, perfect

[Tully]

This sounds like a visit I should be included in!

 

Well Tim and I have one in the pipe line so if you want to come all the way to north Norfolk then let us know and we will book it in. The beech there are the best in Norfolk in my opinion, also some great Quercus including Quercus sobur and also a Fagus sylvatica heterophylla (sorry for lazy spelling).

 

There is a beech there that looks like the elephant man!

 

I reckon bring some climbing kits for some stealthy climbs.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

A few others describing the adaptive growth on the uphill side of what is actually,a steeper slope than the images portray!

Tree's in a built up suburban area of Norwich.

 

That is a very fine example of the adaption, with welds a plenty and a perfect cone form in the making:001_cool:

 

I wont go there with the decay!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

beautiful beeches:001_cool:

 

 

 

 

 

[RobArb]

Wheres that tony?

 

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[Riggerbear]

Hi all,

Slight derail and maybe someone can give me an answer.

When i lived in the London area, nearly all the mature beech trees i worked on had quite rough bark on the stem and larger limbs. Since moving to wales i'm yet to see a beech like it. They are all smooth barked, even the real old warriors.

I've showed soon local guys photo's of work carried out in London on beech trees and they were'nt 100% sure what tree it was when the photo just showed the stem or branch and nothing else (like twigs, buds or leafs). I sure that they are all 'fagus sylvatica'.

Why are they so different, any idea ?

[Lorry thompson]

Could they be the Southern Beech? They have rough bark

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Wheres that tony?

 

Sent from Rob's GalaxySII

 

frishden beeches NT site (ashridge park)

 

Hi all,

Slight derail and maybe someone can give me an answer.

When i lived in the London area, nearly all the mature beech trees i worked on had quite rough bark on the stem and larger limbs. Since moving to wales i'm yet to see a beech like it. They are all smooth barked, even the real old warriors.

I've showed soon local guys photo's of work carried out in London on beech trees and they were'nt 100% sure what tree it was when the photo just showed the stem or branch and nothing else (like twigs, buds or leafs). I sure that they are all 'fagus sylvatica'.

Why are they so different, any idea ?

 

You will also note in wales that the lichens and mosses are more frequent there, I know some beeches have very rough bark whilst others are smooth, and think this is just genetic variatio, but may also be to do with the sloughing rate of bark. There are various fungi/insects that can cause bark disruptions too.

 

to summerise my thoughts I think as with those in cornwall somerset, they are from a different genetic line.

 

Could they be the Southern Beech? They have rough bark

 

the sothern beech is an entirely different animal:thumbup1:

[Lorry thompson]

I just googled beech tree with rough bark haha

[Tom D]

Check out this one Tony.

 

Not so beautiful now....

 

Only winding you up....

 

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