wide trees?

[Martyn Amos]

walking the dog yesterday,and came across these trees

1st 2 pics are a beech

2nd 2 are a ash

just curious because they are different to your normal everyday tree,where you get the straight up truck and then branches out!

these just seem very dumpy and wide at the bottom and aslo not very tall for the species

any idea WHY?

 

 

 

 

[nepia]

Old pollards I'd guess.

[Martyn Amos]

Old pollards I'd guess.

 

cheers:thumbup1:

they are along a wall/hedgeline

so when the wall/hedge was there they would have been cut to the same height,would you agree

[elicokiz]

What about the old art of bundle planting??

[Martyn Amos]

if you notice the 1st pic of the beech!

in the bottom left of the tree,there is a big stone,there may have been a wall there in the past,as the tree is growing around the stone

[Highland Forestry]

going out on a limb..

 

I would think alot of what you are seeing is due to grazing by livestock in the past...

[Martyn Amos]

going out on a limb..

 

I would think alot of what you are seeing is due to grazing by livestock in the past...

 

nice pun:thumbup:

could you give me details.....thanks

 

martyn

[stoxs]

have been told this sort of tree is called a stool, these trees have been cut many time to a hedge or wall height but for the last xx years they have not been cut. basically very old pollards

[Stephen Blair]

It goes back to Roman times, it was called Flabnormal growth after heavy pruning for making Speers. Is there iny Roman history around the area you went for a walk. Nice pics btw

[Martyn Amos]

thanks all, you learn something new everyday,arbtalk is like being back in school

 

thanks stephen,the pics were taken on a b/berry phone