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[slack ma girdle]

Palm trees have the same RPA as proper trees.

The garden is full of them, and i have to produce a BS5837 report.

Unhelpful answers always apreciated.

[kentjames]

Palm trees

 

Clue is in the name

 

At the end of the day its a single stemmed woody plant, surely that's a tree in anyone's book?

[Pete Mctree]

They are grasses are they not? They are at least monocots so not technically trees?

[slack ma girdle]

They look good in forgien parts, but not in wet windy west Wales.

And i still think they look naff.

[kentjames]

Mind you, define a palm tree? Is it a Cordyline or a Washingtonia?

 

This wiki may help too:

 

Arecaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[daltontrees]

Clue is in the name

 

At the end of the day its a single stemmed woody plant, surely that's a tree in anyone's book?

 

They're not woody. And they don't branch. So they're technically not trees.

[daltontrees]

Do Palm Tree Roots Grow As Big As the Palm Tree? | Home Guides | SF Gate

[slack ma girdle]

Do Palm Tree Roots Grow As Big As the Palm Tree? | Home Guides | SF Gate

 

Cheers Dalton

[Chris at eden]

The word tree is not defined in law and the closest thing in planning terms would be from the TPO guidance. That is anything which would normally be considered to be a tree, according to the high court. Its the same reason why TPO's prevent lopping and topping as appose to pruning as the later is not defined in law but there is some old highways law that discusses lopping to clear the highway. I digress!!!

 

It seems the question is do you consider it to be a tree? Personally I have never seen a TPO'd palm tree so I would use that as the indicator. I would always include them on a 5837 survey though but in reality they would probably be cat C.

[slack ma girdle]

It seems the question is do you consider it to be a tree? Personally I have never seen a TPO'd palm tree so I would use that as the indicator. I would always include them on a 5837 survey though but in reality they would probably be cat C.

 

Cheers Chris, i listed them as a B category, as they had no obvious signs of ill health, good form, and they will probably last another 20 years. I think it depends on wether you categorise a horrible palm as a tree or not