What Tree?

[Countryside Services]

So then. I've received this forwarded email.

What tree does everyone reckon is being described by the resident?

I will post a picture later.

Have a good week.

Sam.

 

 

Good Morning ---

 

I'm not sure if this is the correct route to go down however since you are the Parish Council Chairman I hope you don't mind my emailing you regarding the above subject.

 

My name is --- ------- and I live at ------ -------- and have done since the ----- was built some 20 odd years ago. Anyway my concern is for the lovely old tree that lives right in front of our house which I've been told is listed. The tree is a beautiful one and always gets comments from people about how lovely it looks, winter, summer, spring & Autumn.

 

I was talking to the maintenance gardeners yesterday because they were working around the tree area, and I asked them about the Ivy that is growing up the trunk of this tree and the maintenance man who attends the area on behalf of the Parish Council advised me to get in touch with you because he said that if the Ivy if left to continue growing, it will eventually kill the tree. He said it needed to be dealt with ASAP other we might lose this lovely old tree which has probably been there for a few hundred years, and of course this would be very sad because the tree is a lovely feature in the -----

 

Could you please speak with your fellow councillors and raise the matter at your next meeting and hopefully a decision will be made there and then to get approval to ask the maintenance men to do something about controlling the Ivy on this particular tree.

 

Thank you very much.

 

Mr & Mrs --------------

[TTP]

Probably a mangy old pop?

[Stubby]

Dead elm .

[treesrus]

ivy will not kill a tree. there are 2 main points about ivy in trees. 1. although ivy can hide the form of the tree and generally give a darker, gloomier aspect, i does provide substantial wildlife support. 2. the weight of the ivy, especially when wet or snow laden, can bring down a tree in decline. if the tree is healthy and strong, point 1. is the only issue.

what tree? vaguely speaking, if the tree is listed, it could be oak.

Edited February 16, 2015 by treesrus

[skyhuck]

54]ivy will not kill a tree. there are 2 main points about ivy in trees. 1. although ivy can hide the form of the tree and generally give a darker' date=' gloomier aspect, i does provide substantial wildlife support. 2. the weight of the ivy, especially when wet or snow laden, can bring down a tree in decline. if the tree is healthy and strong, point 1. is the only issue.

what tree? vaguely speaking, if the tree is listed, it could be oak.[/quote']

 

It certainly can!!

 

A perfectly healthy tree can be wind felled if the Ivy infestation is sufficient, there little point in our trees evolving to shed their leaves before the gale season, if Ivy gives them a greater wind sail than its own leaves.

 

Ivy will also throttle limbs and out shad the trees own foliage.

[Mountain man]

Another thing about ivy, surely the leaf index (if that's the phrase) means that the plant is competing with the tree for availible resources in the root area?

No It doesn't kill trees, but it does compete, can hasten the demise of a tree under pressure and as has been said cause wind throw a lot easier.

[treesrus]

if a tree is healthy, it will naturally compensate for the added weight and wind/sail factor, and as regards strangling a limb, although possible, it's not common. the issues arise when the tree becomes less than healthy.

[Paul Barton]

as regards strangling a limb, although possible, it's not common. the issues arise when the tree becomes less than healthy.

 

I've never seen ivy strangle a tree - do you mean by constriction?

 

I think competing for light is the main issue.

 

Anyway....in response to the OP: it sounds like it should be a grand old Oak or something, but the fact you're asking probably means it's a little Cockspur thorn or Japanese Cherry!

[Chris at eden]

Trees only adapt to normal conditions or slightly increased. If the inbuilt safety factor is exceeded then even defect free trees can fail. The increased weight and sail can magnify this effect in my opinion.

 

The growth of ivy can be controlled by light levels which is why it doesn't grow to become the climax vegetation and destroyer of woodland trees. As such light canopied trees will be more prone to becoming overrun by ivy. I've never seen a beech with a significant ivy issue as the dense canopy will limit growth. Ash on the other hand, you see them all the time with excessive ivy growth.

[Macca]

Google maps can give u a rough idea of the size of tree.