Unusual growth at base of cypress

[jacquemontii]

Hi,

 

Does anyone know what is going on at the base of this cypress tree? Its not something I've seen before and I was wondering what may have caused this formation? The rest of the tree appears to be of typical form and habit (approx. 15m high, and is in good physiological condition).

[Treemoose]

I wonder if it's bottle butt?

[Andrew Gale]

I've seen the exact same thing a few years back and I must admit didn't take my investigations any further. However it does resemble the growth forms one gets on a grafted tree so that maybe a possibility?

[treeseer]

Lots of healthy looking tissue there but you could poke and probe a bit to see what is inside.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

How bizarre, seems too extreme to be bottle-but, I would suggest, perhaps worth investigating the 'nurse-tree' principle, i.e. where a mature tree has fallen/collapsed and then a (previously) lateral branch has grown up as a tree.

 

Hmmmm :001_rolleyes:

 

Reet, back to those H&S regs...aaaaaaaaahhhhhh:001_rolleyes:

 

Cheers..

Paul