Interesting Biomechanics

[David Humphries]

been a couple of years since I last saw a good witches broom on Pine.

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Well not so much present biomechanics as in some of past posts but something I found interesting.

Unfortunately I didn't have the time in the day to take more photo's:blushing:

 

The tree had been colonized by a gano spp for some 20 years to my knowledge & had been successfully managed with this in that time. My last meeting with it was some 6 years ago when the gano had colonized more buttress area & was thought to be significant enough to warrant a choice of a 60% reduction or removal. The client went for the reduction in full knollage that tis may kill the tree due to the severity & spp (copper beech).

 

The tree responded well.

 

The clients finally decided to remove the tree a few months ago. A real shame as it was a feature in the tree scape around.

 

Any way, a testament to the bio mec's of both tree & fungi.

 

now, lets test my capacity to remember just about every tree I meet!

 

was this the tree?

 

 

[treeseer]

been a couple of years since I last saw a good witches broom on Pine.

 

 

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We have a grove of the progeny from those things; cool little trees.

 

http://sfagardens.sfasu.edu/UserFiles/File/PLANTS/pinus%20taeda%20dwarf.pdf

[David Humphries]

great 'Fig tree-like' root butressing here on this Oak.

 

a standard in amongst hazel coppice, so canopy is isolated and way above surrounding canopies.

 

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[treeseer]

great 'Fig tree-like' root butressing here on this Oak.

 

a standard in amongst hazel coppice, so canopy is isolated and way above surrounding canopies.

 

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Wondering how the trunk bulge is related to the flattened buttresses below it. ?

 

Here's a Quercus phellos limb that has pressed against a Pinus taeda stem for quite a while.

[David Humphries]

Wondering how the trunk bulge is related to the flattened buttresses below it. ?

 

The bulge being on just the one side would perhaps suggest a close to surface localised zone of decay.

 

Shame I didn't have a sounding hammer at hand

(This not being one of our woodlands, just checking on a nearby wild service population)

 

Whether it's directly associated with the abnormal buttress flares is an interesting question that has two or three answers..........

 

Yes, no, perhaps

 

 

Certainly would be fascinating to dissect

 

 

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[Gary Prentice]

I wonder which direction the prevailing wind is?

[David Humphries]

I wonder which direction the prevailing wind is?

 

Not entirely sure

 

The star is the tree

 

I would say the bulge face of the tree is toward the north west

 

 

 

 

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[sean]

Awesome looking limb.........What would be the story behind this growth pattern?

[David Humphries]

Ash?

 

 

That's a cracker Sean

 

Cassian Humphreys calls it Braided Reaction Wood

 

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