Clever Trees!

[John Hancock]

I was out and about with the camera today and found these rather interesting…..

[dannyT]

Its amazing that there still standing just goes to show how tuff trees can be. Whilst out climbing today i found this old willow by a stream you could see right through the base of the trunk. Some of the lower limbs had "burst" open under the weight of the branches. The tree still looked like it had many years left:001_cool:

[Stephen Blair]

nice pics guys, thats the way trees should be allowed to go.

[arnoldbuchsassinger]

split longitudinal stem is called delamination, caused by the branch cavitating, or in english the end moving with the wind, same if you do small wind mills with your arm out stretched.

[David Humphries]

Here's a vet Hornbeam pollard I saw this weekend at Hatfield Forest.

 

It's just about the most darn coolest Tree I know.

 

Known about it for 10 plus years, never fail to get impressed by it

 

 

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[Bundle 2]

looks like a couple of Ents dancing....

[David Humphries]

More like a Mexican standoff than a Tango

 

 

This one had aerial roots, Gano and Ustulina mixing it up

 

 

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[John Shutler]

took these in a rainforest in indonesia

[David Humphries]

took these in a rainforest in indonesia

 

 

Top marks for taking time out from the surfing to up your Tree Geek status, John

 

 

 

Great Tripod Tree.

 

Are they high pollards?

Species?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[John Shutler]

some sort of fig i think... not quite sure though, there was quite a language barrier. i think it had been hit by lightning.heres a slightly more complete one

Edited March 31, 2009 by John Shutler
added a bit