Two Dutch veteran oaks lost

[Fungus]

Today, I monitored the old and veteran oaks of the lanes and parks surrounding the castle of Ampsen. To my surprise one veteran oak of a group of originally ten over 250 years old oaks (photo 1) had fallen without an outside warning of the total destruction of the major roots by an (still) unknow white rotter (photo 2).

While making pictures, I noticed another oak had been felled and totally removed leaving only a stump behind with an age conform central cavity (photo 3) and an entrance wound with healty wood and hoof or ovary shaped compensatory growth at and just above groundlevel (photo 4), where a small Ganoderma australe bracket had been present before. The felling of this tree had been done without proper assessment, i.e. for no valid reason at all .

One of the remaining oaks for many years has a bark necrosis on the trunk at about two meters height with an old FB of Fistulina hepatica hanging from it (photo 5).

[armybloke]

That is such a shame and a waste of historical remains. Oddly I visited a park yesterday to find myself surrounded by veterans that the owners are only too keen to protect, keep and save as part of our heritage.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

thats such a shame

[Daniël Bos]

I suppose it takes a lot of firewood to heat a castle...

[sean freeman]

Yes m'lord...

 

Sadly I perceive more than forelocks getting pulled here, as Gerrit rightly points out risk averse 'knee JERK reaction.

[Fungus]

Strangely enough, they still have not felled this oak with on old perennial bracket of Phellinus robustus, which is at the point of breaking and will probably demolish a small bridge leading to a house when it fails.

I think, they have this far overlooked it, because it is at a height of about 8 metres on the part of the trunk close to the lower crown branches.

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[Fungus]

I suppose it takes a lot of firewood to heat a castle...

 

Daniel,

I suppose so, as the owner of the estate a few weeks ago invited me in for tea, because he wanted to consult me on the infections of about 20 % of his oaks with rhizomorphs of Armillaria without paying for my time and advice .

[Johny Walker]

Daniel,

I suppose so, as the owner of the estate a few weeks ago invited me in for tea, because he wanted to consult me on the infections of about 20 % of his oaks with rhizomorphs of Armillaria without paying for my time and advice .

 

i do hope you were scarce with the info ,tight git

[Daniël Bos]

Daniel,

I suppose so, as the owner of the estate a few weeks ago invited me in for tea, because he wanted to consult me on the infections of about 20 % of his oaks with rhizomorphs of Armillaria without paying for my time and advice .

 

 

I suppose if he'd already spent his money on biscuits...

 

Is it private property, or in a trust or Natuurmonumenten o.i.d.?

[Fungus]

Is it private property, or in a trust or Natuurmonumenten o.i.d.?

 

Yes, private property since several centuries.