Girdled roots

[Treemoose]

Random finds or somewhere you were working?

 

 

 

 

 

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On council land in a field behind where I live I noticed them last year

A few of them are like it. This thread reminded me to take some snaps

Give me 5 years and I will take some update ones hopefully

[Treemoose]

On a job last week I spied a gilded root on a mature beech. I'm back there tomorrow, might take a closer look

[Treemoose]

first two pictures of the beech second two of an ash that we took out today

at a guess i would have said these trees are self seeded but might not be (part of woodland next to customers property) we do have clay soil.

[David Humphries]

great examples,

 

 

did you leave as stumps or grind them both out?

 

 

 

 

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[Treemoose]

great examples,

 

 

did you leave as stumps or grind them both out?

 

 

 

 

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The stumps were left

If I had the time I would of liked a dig about.

[David Humphries]

If I had the time I would of liked a dig about.

 

 

That's your Saturday afternoon sorted then

 

 

 

 

 

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[Treemoose]

That's your Saturday afternoon sorted then

 

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And Sunday

[David Humphries]

a group of beech in various states of decline.

 

The girdling looks to have had an effect on the flare of the middle buttress (last shot)

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

on a smaller scale from earlier today on a cherry whilst out pounding the pavements.

 

although a small girdler, there is a noticable swelling after the constriction.

 

 

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[treeseer]

Amazing height on that beech sgr!

 

The cherry seems to have taken care of that nicely--

 

Nature worth emulating.