Beech fracture

[Tommy_B]

Noticed this today. Speaking to a guy about clearing up a fallen lime tree today and noticed this on a Beech. Pointed it out and apparently the crack wasn't there/he didn't notice it on Friday:ohmy:

 

Carabiner is on for scale. Appears to be fruiting bodies inside the fracture (I think its Ganoderma appalantum:confused1::blushing:but I could be wrong) Crack is roughly 1 inch wide at its biggest

 

Is it effed?

 

Cheers for any input.

[Peter]

Couple of cans of filly foam and that will be sound as a pound.

[David Humphries]

Maybe applanatum Tom, though could also be pfeifferi.

 

If you get back, give the top crust a scratch, if it looks like bees wax, they could be pfeifs.

 

How far up does the crack extend up, or does it fininsh like it looks on pic 2 ?

 

 

 

 

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[Tommy_B]

No further than the picture prob about 15ish ft. There is a large hollow wound that had a pigeon living in it, (it made me nearly foul myself when it flew out unexpectedly) and you could see daylight through it.

[David Humphries]

Is the canopy protruding out from the surrounding trees ?

Does it get more torsional force than the other trees?

Has anything changed in the immeadiate vicinity in the last 18 mths etc....

Any of it's neighbours been cut down?

 

 

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[Tommy_B]

Nothing unusual from what I could see. Walked around and had a little look, its near to water but nothing looked like it had changed recently. No signs of any neighboring tree work been done.

[Matthew Arnold]

Noticed this today. Speaking to a guy about clearing up a fallen lime tree today and noticed this on a Beech. Pointed it out and apparently the crack wasn't there/he didn't notice it on Friday:ohmy:

 

Carabiner is on for scale. Appears to be fruiting bodies inside the fracture (I think its Ganoderma appalantum:confused1::blushing:but I could be wrong) Crack is roughly 1 inch wide at its biggest

 

Is it effed?

 

Cheers for any input.

 

If there are any targets (buildings, public highway, etc) with in a 360 degree falling radius no matter if tree are in the way. Fell it. A tree of that girth could easily flatten its neighbouring trees and then flatten anything else. I am a Countryside Ranger with many urban sites with lots of targets so anything within falling radius of a target with a significant defect has to be removed ASAP.