why are these sycamores shaped like this?

[scotspine1]

Not retrenchment in any way shape or form :-)

 

with this tree it could easily be argued that what is happening is the end result of accidental and unintentionally excessive crown lifting leading to forced crown retrenchment

 

Basically those miners gave this Sycamore 2 chances at life, good on them

Edited October 24, 2013 by scotspine1

[Mike Dempsey]

I just thought it was fascinating that it looked like 2 trees, one in front of the other and not just one individual tree and I hadn't noticed anything like it before. This then leads to the question of should it be trimmed back again to the condition it was like in 1983 as a kind of social history marker of just left to grow as it is now.

[daveatdave]

the grate storm did that happen in 83 Micheal Fish etc

[farmer rod]

the grate storm did that happen in 83 Micheal Fish etc

 

that was 87, did the same sort of thing to many trees but in a less uniform way. Good thread

[peatff]

the grate storm did that happen in 83 Micheal Fish etc

 

Bit later 1987 for the non hurricane

[nod]

with this tree it could easily be argued that what is happening is the end result of accidental and unintentionally excessive crown lifting leading to forced crown retrenchment

 

Basically those miners gave this Sycamore 2 chances at life, good on them

 

This is not my understanding of retrenchment as the upper canopy shows good vitality with no dieback & has not been affected by the removal of the lower branches & is not the result of the ageing process or root damage.