Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version

[trotter251]

The risky ginkgo or over my dead body ginkgo in Hibiya Park, Tokyo. The sign underneath claims it was actually transplanted to its current position to allow for expansion of the road ? it took 25 days to move it over 400meters. For those that want to know more I think you can find it’s story on google somewhere. 

[daltontrees]

13 hours ago, sean said:

Bet they’ve had a few sleepless nights over the years!!!

 

If I lived there I'd have a PICUS permanently attached to the tree and I'd check it once a day, twice at weekends.

[Khriss]

Nice sunny day at Kew

 

Found the Redwoods there

[Mick Dempsey]

This redwood is on the property we’re working on atm.

 

If it’s the same age as the deodars we’re felling it’s maybe 110 years old, it’s a 5 stemmed monster (of which two have recently let go) do they show this sort of form in their natural habitat @Erik?

Edited November 7, 2018 by Mick Dempsey

[Steve Bullman]

Can't say i've ever seen a multiple stemmed Redwood before

[Rich Rule]

On 20/08/2018 at 19:51, Steve Bullman said:

A quite impressive Plane tree at Canterbury.  Absolutely massive trunk and pretty stunted growth.  I assume it was pollarded a long time ago.  Not sure if its a London Plane or another.

 

 

It may just be an extreme case of Bottle Butt?

[Mark J]

59 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

It may just be an extreme case of Bottle Butt?

http://elmparadise.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-baobab-planes-of-canterbury.html

[Erik]

2 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

This redwood is on the property we’re working on atm.

 

If it’s the same age as the deodars we’re felling it’s maybe 110 years old, it’s a 5 stemmed monster (of which two have recently let go) do they show this sort of form in their natural habitat @Erik?

I have been looking at Redwoods my whole life and have rarely seen one grow like that. Generally when a Red has multi spars it does so much higher up. It’s also very unusual to see them with limbs growing so close to the ground. In their natural environment the first limbs on a Red of this age could be as high as a 100 ft or more. The only time I see Reds that look similar to this one is when they are growing in a swampy area, or at the very edge of their natural environment.  Being completely out if it’s natural environment no doubt had a lot do do with this mutant tree.  

[Rich Rule]

@Mark J

 

From that article I read that the name ‘Boabab Plane’ is a colloquial term rather than a botanical name.  It also states but can’t confirm the swelling is thought to be caused from some form of viral infection.

 

There is a plane tree on Lee High Road in South East London.  About 2 miles from my old house which looked the same.  No one has referred to it as a Boabab plane but rather a plane tree with Bottle butt.  

 

Plus there is one in Greenwich Park.  Not as pronounced and I found an article which I think David Humphries played a part in. 

 

It appears to be a lot younger that’s the ones in the article you posted.  I would wager the Victorians were all about one up man ship.  If a new species was planted and discovered they would label it with a name.

 

Interesting all the same.

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

2 minutes ago, Erik said:

I have been looking at Redwoods my whole life and have rarely seen one grow like that. Generally when a Red has multi spars it does so much higher up. It’s also very unusual to see them with limbs growing so close to the ground. In their natural environment the first limbs on a Red of this age could be as high as a 100 ft or more. The only time I see Reds that look similar to this one is when they are growing in a swampy area, or at the very edge of their natural environment.  Being completely out if it’s natural environment no doubt had a lot do do with this mutant tree.  

The low branches can probably be attributed to its location, no competition for light so no reason to not have lower branches from the start.

 

I'm there for the rest of the week, so I’ll get some more detailed pics of the centre and situation  for any clues.