Monolith left as Prop and Post

[treeseer]

Nice to see a property following specs: trunk left as post for lights and a prop for a vine. Ecology a distant 3rd in reasons; not a big selling point here.

 

Branches used as landscape border and aesthetics, and incidentally helps soil microflora flourish for roots of adjacent trees.

[scotspine1]

Nice to see some enlightened clients in the US treeseer, is that Fomes?

[David Humphries]

'Cracking' Fomes fomentarius there Guy

 

Pleased to see the shots, appreciate you posting

Are some of the lumps sitting on paving slabs or similar?

 

What was the tree species?

 

And do you know what the general host range in your part of the states is?

 

Chris Luley has it listed as maples, beech, ash & 'other hardwoods'

 

Have you come a cross any others?

 

Poplar, birch maybe?

 

 

 

 

 

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[treeseer]

"Are some of the lumps sitting on paving slabs or similar?

 

Not sure i have seen these horse hooves on wood pieces

 

"What was the tree species?

 

I recall it being q laurifolia but could have been q virginiana

 

"And do you know what the general host range in your part of the states is?

Chris Luley has it listed as maples, beech, ash & 'other hardwoods'

 

it's not uncommon; have seen it on those genera

 

"Have you come a cross any others? Poplar, birch maybe?

 

not birch or liriodendron; not many populus here.

 

 

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Thanks Guy.

 

Was the job/retention your spec?

If so, how often do you try and sell the biodiversity aspect to domestic clients?

 

Is the climber on it still alive?

 

 

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[treeseer]

Was the job/retention your spec?

 

yes i did some pruning around buildings as a contractor but they dealt with the rest.

 

If so, how often do you try and sell the biodiversity aspect to domestic clients?

 

well this is an historical group so fungus (away from the building) is part of the milieu they promote as i see it. i also find residential clients are quite accepting outside the formal landscaped areas. the major limitation in marketing this biodiversity aspect to date has been in not proposing it , but a large minority of clients have significant issues stretching that paradigm of neatness = good and mould/bugs etc. = bad.

 

Coring soil under cwd and coomparing that to bare ground or lawn helps open their eyes.

 

Is the climber on it still alive?

 

as far as i know...