Odd growth on sycamore

[David Humphries]

Its noted as being a random genetic abnormality of the growing tip of a plant, associated with many genus of trees through to cacti

 

But can be caused by the bacterium Rhodococcus fascians

 

Here on prunus

 

 

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[Dan Curtis]

I've seen it a fair bit on a few trees, but Holly this week was a new one on me

[SAM66S]

Ive got a forsythia in my garden with this deformity

[skyhuck]

I've seen to on Ash, Forsythia, Cherry and Norway Spruce, is it also known as a "sport"??

[sloth]

I found an example on dandelion last year, very odd...

[Gnome]

Never witnessed it on sycamore so i'm going to keep my eye out for it for research purposes (obviously!!!) Might take all day tomorrow!!!. I've pruned bits off the other plants mentioned with most of the plants being quite young. Also seen a few plants at nurseries with this.

That's quite a specimen as most I have come across look like just two stems fused together. definitely worth keeping.

[kentjames]

Lucky number 6...

 

This hangs beside my desk - was cut from some Sycamore brash doing pollarding last year.

 

Knew it would come in handy for arbtalk eventually

[Gnome]

:congrats:

That is a belter.

[frets1]

never seen more than 2 before on anything.

nice bit of wood kentjames,

are they common? ive been working with trees for 20 years?!

[Brett]

I have found this on a Syc we dismantled before Christmas.

I think if the tree had been in leaf no one would have noticed.