Interesting Biomechanics

[David Humphries]

Fantastic aerial rooting being displayed in what is probably a futile cause.

 

Mulberry

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

You say futile, but imagine if through time the roots made contact with the ground through its decaying centre and managed to form two trees?

 

What if the occlusion form strong ribs so that on failure the ribs stayed intact while the fibres buckled on the outer edge letting the foliag touch ground, layer and walk on, as in the Ents!

 

love the concept of ecological time!

[David Humphries]

You say futile, but imagine if through time the roots made contact with the ground through its decaying centre and managed to form two trees?

 

What if the occlusion form strong ribs so that on failure the ribs stayed intact while the fibres buckled on the outer edge letting the foliag touch ground, layer and walk on, as in the Ents!

 

love the concept of ecological time!

 

again, not one of mine Tony. EH

 

It will fail and become victim to the saw, no doubt.

 

I would prop it slowly down to the ground, as most Vet Mulberries are on their backs.

 

Here's an old one at Keats House in Hampstead, supposedly from the 17th century.

That may be a little tall.

 

Still fruits like a goodun.

 

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Edited February 8, 2010 by Monkey-D

[David Humphries]

espied as I drove past this fine specimen this morning.

 

 

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[Dan Curtis]

Not quite on topic but thought I would post any way. Both failures happened around two years ago, now resting against nearby sycamore. The main split runs about 8 feet from the ground, and the opening is big enough to get your arm through. The fracture took out approx. 2/3 of the timber. It was in full leaf last year, with no die back or associated problems, and with no targets or hazards in the area, I'm looking forward to seeing what happens come spring time.

[David Humphries]

Noticed this on a subsided Turkey Oak the other day.

 

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[David Humphries]

Couple of Oaks with some fine asymetrical fibre buckling,.

 

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[David Humphries]

Saw this on one of the ash pollards at Broadway the other day.

Anyone got a whole shot of this tree?

 

I've not really seen this on an Ash before, in terms of how there are very defined independent root-branch ribs, in process of seperation.

Seen it on other species a fair bit though eg Crataegus, Castanea......

 

Grafting together (last pic) to keep itself from collapsing?

I reckon so.

 

Superb root-butress flair.

 

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[Bart]

Interesting Sycamore

 

whole tree

Back of union

close up of union

Front of union

Front of union

[David Humphries]

Interesting find, thanks for posting Bart.

 

Haven't come across Sycamore doing that yet.

 

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