What Tree?

[Stubby]

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

 

Were on Google maps though ?

[se7enthdevil]

i'm going to guess that it's either a yew or holm oak.

[peatff]

People see a dead tree with ivy growing and assume that the ivy caused it's demise. I've seen it growing up telegraph poles and causing them to lean so the wind resistance must cause some loading but trees usually adapt by thickening up or growing more branches to counterbalance a gradual load. Does ivy tap into the tree for nourishment, the adventitious roots are very tenacious when it gets into the mortar course on old walls and I've had to use a sharp hoe to fetch it off a few times. I guess Sycamore for the original post.

[Stubby]

I was felling some dead elms and well spoken woman came and asked me what I thought I was doing . I said felling these dead elms ...She said they look perfectly healthy to me ! She thought the covering of ivy was the tree foliage !

[Mountain man]

I've been asked to cut down an "ivy tree" before.

[woodyguy]

Bet its a birch and only about 60 years old.

[Adam M]

Please put us out of our suspense.

[Two Acres]

I'm going to guess that its a Leylandii, about thirty years old

[Countryside Services]

Sorry for keeping you all in suspense for a whole day. It was a tad dark last night. But it was a beaut of a day when I drive past this morning. The sun was really showing off the fine features of the fine 200year ish specimen.

[Countryside Services]