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We reduced it down to its core branch frame work and left it as a heavily coroneted dead standing monolith.

 

.....or so we thought :001_rolleyes:

 

turns out that it had one single root vascular flow still connected to one low latteral branch.

 

6 years on and its still functioning as an autominous tree part.

 

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Here's another interesting example of segments of root plate supporting individual parts of tree within a heavily Meripilus infested beech......

 

these images were taken in 2008

Showing the associated dysfunction in the crown where the connected roots were in decline due to the Meripilus

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It just goes to show that what may appear dead maybe dormant and in need of a little assistance to get going again. Allowing light to penetrate to lower levels, or applying a little assistance in the crown. All good stuff!

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Elegant work. I just retained a dead central leader for habitat. It was over a bench, so it was tethered (but too high to notice). Any thought of that on the long stub, or is traffic quite low? From the looks of it, the branch is extremely unlikely to fail, but I wonder if perceived risk might be a factor.

 

re segmentation, pull testing can give a glimpse into how that can work. See how this maple comes apart; and joins back together?

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