Beech regen from dead root plate

[David Humphries]

Here's a curious one.

Well maybe not, as I guess it's probably just a case of grafted roots.

 

Mono'd this dead as a Do Do Beech the other day.

Died about 18mnths ago.

No shots , but the root plate was covered in Meripilus giganteus.

 

This regen was approx 6 meters from the dead tree, and some twenty plus meters from the next available live Beech.

 

I'm summising that the roots from these pair of trees are grafted probably somewhere towards the middle distance between the two, with the live tree helping to form this regen from what should be dead root stock.

 

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[David oakman]

That is a nice tree to mono david it will do more good standing there for anouther 100 years than being felled:001_smile:

[raafbeard]

Very nice looking mono D ...and great to see the Beech lives on !!

 

Will be cool to see how it progresses...

[arbaholic]

What is a mono? Havent heard of that before, looks interesting.

[David Humphries]

Monolith, is a loosely described term for a reduced dead standing Tree.

 

The purpose of which is to enhance the localised bio diversity and help toward addressing the balance of lost standing habitat, from 20/30 years of urban woodland sanitzation.

 

Certain endangered Red Data Book species will only habitat within this specific type of environment.

[Stephen Blair]

Monolith, is a loosely described term for a reduced dead standing Tree.

 

The purpose of which is to enhance the localised bio diversity and help toward addressing the balance of lost standing habitat, from 20/30 years of urban woodland sanitzation.

 

Certain endangered Red Data Book species will only habitat within this specific type of environment.

 

hi dave, i dont know much about monolith stuff, i take it you are trying to prune a tree the way nature would, split branches, limbs etc. do you ever take a turfer instead of a saw. you could just rig the wire like a spider web then just get cranking and see what happens, would this be appropriate or is there more to it?

[David Humphries]

hi dave, i dont know much about monolith stuff, i take it you are trying to prune a tree the way nature would, split branches, limbs etc. do you ever take a turfer instead of a saw. you could just rig the wire like a spider web then just get cranking and see what happens, would this be appropriate or is there more to it?

 

 

 

The problem with winching, is you have absolutely no idea or control on the impact the pull is having on the tension and compression roots of the plate.

 

Ok if you're in the middle of a wood, but as the target Tree in question is, or is nearly always dead and/or possibly decayed, then the pressure your potentially causing to the stability of the Tree in a public place is unquantifiable and you end up potentialy increasing the hazard and ergo, risk of failure.

 

This would not be defensable in my opinion.

 

 

 

But damn good fun to try all the same

 

 

 

 

 

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[D Mc]

With such headlining abilities, I fear you may have missed your calling.

 

Seriously, good job. Proper use of coronets and a nice location for a mono. Wonderful pics protraying the tenacity of trees.

 

That 3rd pic is an amazing amount of erosion on the exposed root plate.

 

Good job.

 

Dave

[Giles Hill]

 

I'm summising that the roots from these pair of trees are grafted probably somewhere towards the middle distance between the two, with the live tree helping to form this regen from what should be dead root stock.

 

 

I was just wondering if it's to do with dormant buds in the surface roots becoming exposed to increased sunlight, as the tree has died back.

 

I was thinking along the lines that the Meripilus kills the tree by interupting vascular flow (I don't know if that is correct?) and the roots normally die as a result of insuficent photosynthetic products rather than being 'posioned' by the fungus.

[David Humphries]

Certainly seems a feasable scenario Giles, however the regen is approx 4/5 years old, developing before the visual decline of the target tree.

 

The interest thing for me is not it's initial developement, more it's establishment and sustainability during the Tree roots dysfunction and decline.

 

Think I may return and delve back toward the mono to trace the point of total root dysfunction.

 

 

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