Interesting Biomechanics

[rootstoshoots]

really nice pics. RobArb!!!

[Ben Ballard]

niceone rob i remember seeing that tree with the cool limb when i was there last year:thumbup1:

[RobArb]

niceone rob i remember seeing that tree with the cool limb when i was there last year:thumbup1:

 

Its a cool place for trees, wonder who has the arb/hort contract or if its all in house.

 

If it wasn't so damn expensive is go there more!

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Interesting birch from stoke common (city of London)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[David Humphries]

Not been over to Stoke Common, what's it like ?

 

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

 

Are they weird bendy healing ribs?

 

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[sloth]

 

Are they weird bendy healing ribs?

 

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I would imagine the tree was folded over, splittng on the top as it went some time ago. Then the original leader died (and was cut off) so a secondary branch became the current leader. The ribs are wound wood callousing over the dead portion of the original trunk. Cool tree

[RobArb]

Started volunteering at a local rundown old country estate thats now being done up and taken over by the heritage trust. They've got some amazing specimen trees, a lot of different cypress, cedars and the oldest yew in lancashire!

 

This is one of the swamp cypress that dates back to between 1860-1880, which was recorded as falling over around 1920-1940ish, well, its still growing!

 

http://www.bankhall.org.uk/intro.html

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Not been over to Stoke Common, what's it like ?

 

 

 

 

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as a habitat for its designated species (adder) awesome, not so rich in vets, but havent seen much of it, I will dig out some photos of other parts IF i still have any from my now very small library!

[RobArb]

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