Failure of the Anne Frank Tree

I was saddened to read about the total failure (through the lower stem) of the Anne Frank Tree last night in Amsterdam:thumbdown:.

It is especially disappointing given all the effort that a great many people went to in order to have the tree retained.

There was never any doubt of the ultimate fate of the tree given the extent of the decay, the prolonged poor health of the tree and the extent of past damage to its root system...however I had personally hoped that the frame that had been designed for it would have held the tree upright for a little longer than turned out to be the case.

No shortage of pictures, even video on the net of the failed tree and its fractured stem.

Some from local news here:

Anne Frankboom - AT5 Nieuws

I am confused about the steel tripod structure toppling over like that since the engineering drawings I saw seemed to indicate micro piles holding it in place...no sign of them though:sneaky2:.

The weather does not seem to have been terrible some wind is reported but nothing more significant.

Very sad indeed! Just read that in the paper....

Anne Frank tree falls over in wind, rain - World news - Europe - msnbc.com

Thanks for bringing this to our attention Sean.

Would like to think that custodians already have proginy of this tree on going somewhere, so that the there remains a connection with the tree, the site & it's place in history.

Frame does look like it lacks suitable anchorage

Neville will be sad for sure.

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Crikey they left a lot of crown on that tree!

Anyone got a decent set of images on this tripod?

And does anyone know what decay agents was at work?

didnt get time to read it all, maybe later

Some images from the restoration project

Google Image Result for http://www.support-annefranktree.nl/afb/veiling_zaailingen.jpg

Brackets were G. applanatum form what I've read

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I know that it was reported that a number of seedlings were planted in other parks across the city (Amsterdam) and that seeds were sent to many different locations in the world.

You are right Neville will be saddened by this, his support and the second opinion he provided was important in getting the felling order lifted almost three years ago now.

I just hope that this failure in a very significantly compromised tree does not prejudice future efforts to retain other older trees in European cities.

G. applanatum and leaf miner evidently.

I just hope that this failure in a very significantly compromised tree does not prejudice future efforts to retain other older trees in European cities.

I hope not too. I would hope the professional arborists involved were not zealous enough to make foolhardy claims about the stability in a bid to have this tree retained.

As was said, there did appear to be a significant crown sail...?

Its not that often you get to see stem failures like this one...Thanks for posting.

I think many aspects of this particular Trees retention need to be weighed up, before any thought given to how this reflects on the pros & cons of Tree management in general.

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not the easiest tree to retain with all those flying pannekoek to deal with...

Red de Anne Frank boom! (fill in your naam, and speel)