body language of trees - defect symptoms

[Treeation]

Im studying to be a tree surveyor and thought it might be interesting to share some of my finds over the last few months. Would be interesting to see if anyone else has any photos of defect symptoms/ body language. So heres my first one, more to come....

 

Pic 1 - large progessively leaning mature oak on woodland edge. Showing signs of fibre buckling on compression side as tree folds its bark like a concertina.

Pic 2 - tension side showing some bark loss shown in areas free from moss

[Treeation]

A bit from mathecks encyclopedia of body language of trees

[sean]

There are various threads on the forum relating to body language. Here is one of them.

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/fungi-pictures/21371-body-language-decay-delights-d.html

[Treeation]

There are various threads on the forum relating to body language. Here is one of them.

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/fungi-pictures/21371-body-language-decay-delights-d.html

 

Many thanks sean all good learning