Interesting limes

[old snake]

Seen these on my travels today thought they looked awesome! Any ideas why they look like this?

[Highland Forestry]

Interesting looking tree!

I take it, it must have had a large limb rip out at some point??

[old snake]

Its a bit curious cos there's 3 of them all like it? They look like old pollards to me? Heres some more.

[Highland Forestry]

They certainly do look like old pollards, owing to the fact that you cn clearly see new younger stems growing out from the older.

 

Are they all in a row? I think it's a safe bet to assume they've all been pollared at some point in the past. Interesting how the tree in your first picture almost looks to have ripped itself apart, could it be that they were pollarded and the new growth snapped out, causing the damage and then the growth you are seeing now is third-generation?

 

Interesting to say the least!

[arbaholic]

They certainly do look like old pollards, owing to the fact that you cn clearly see new younger stems growing out from the older.

 

Are they all in a row? I think it's a safe bet to assume they've all been pollared at some point in the past. Interesting how the tree in your first picture almost looks to have ripped itself apart, could it be that they were pollarded and the new growth snapped out, causing the damage and then the growth you are seeing now is third-generation?

 

Interesting to say the least!

 

To save me typing it all up "what he said"

[old snake]

Sorry if i implied that people dont know wot a pollard is.I meant to typemore after that saying im not sure why they've split . They are in a row about 500 metres long but only these 3 have split open and the other pollards seem alot taller. They do look bloody marvellous though:001_tt1:

[Mesterh]

Maybe the few that had split had been pollarded as regular as the others and therefore a couple of limbs failed under the weight.

[Highland Forestry]

Could be that they were pollarded too close to the main stem and a resulting factor is that the limbs removed will have rotted back down into the trunk and then just disintegrated.

[chipper wallah]

hi i think these trees have been left to long (probably last but one pollard) looking at the old scars in your pics.I come across alot of willows very similar,it does give em some character though.