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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version


Steve Bullman
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So here's my claim to fame - they filmed a couple of EP's of Vikings in my local woods in Powerscourt, Enniskerry, Ireland:

 

 

In the show, Vikings, Season 6 EP18(and some of ep 19), they film these areas:

                                  

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^ The rather unique looking Douglas Fir on the right appears in the clip at :45 from the opposite angle.

 

This is the steps shown from the opposite side they filmed from at the start of the clip:

                                 

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Trees in the clip:

                                 

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And it FINALLY explains why this boat was in a river that really couldn't be navigated for all the stones and rocks in it(also explains all the burned floor where the fires were):

                                 

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Happy new years!

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In parts of the Forest of Dean it's not uncommon to see precarious looking trees perched upon huge boulders jutting out of the hillside, but i thought this one stood out from the pack.

It almost looks like it's melted over the rock.😀

 

Spot the human torso in the last pic.. 

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On 15/07/2020 at 12:57, HuntingHicap said:

Elm, seen in Brighton yesterday. BN1 postcode, was one of many I saw, how do they know they have DED? genuine question not an eco/enviro fueled rant. Also whats the idea behind ring barking it and leaving it standing?

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An old post, but whilst the ring-barking question was answered, the 'how do they know it has DED?' part wasn't.

 

If you look at the canopy in the photo above, you can see yellowing and browning on the right hand side. You can also see from the car for scale that it is around 6m up. That is always the beetle's preferred height, although it will go up or down if it has no alternatives. Note, the rest of the tree is still green so this is not associated with the ring barking. The beetles feed where the leaves meet the stem and the fungal spores pass from the beetle into the tree at that point. The infection then spreads down the tree so where you can see the yellowing that is in the wake of the infection. In some cases you can prune it out before it spreads - not sure if Brighton adopts that policy. In this case it is too late. See the browning close in to the trunk and note that it is in young, fresh growth. Firstly, this is one of the problems with the pruning approach as the beetles prefer to feed on vigorous upright shoots where they arise after pruning and secondly it then re-infects much closer to the trunk so it pretty much goes straight in and after that there is nothing you can do but fell it.

 

There is however a lot of good news on elms, just not the English Elm (aka 'Atinia').

 

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