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So if you use the following names you'll fall into the bracket above... Leylandii, Magnolia, Rhododendron, Viburnum, Philadelphus, Camellia, Fuchsia, Hypericum, Hydrangea, Eucryphia, Escallonia, Hebes, Buddleia, Potentilla, Clematis, Wisteria, Berberis, Spirea, Pieris, Forsythia.......and so on most tree surgeons in the uk will know and have worked on all these shrubs/trees/climbers and will use their Latin name to describe them with the client.

When I went out to work in the US, they would call our common Lime....'Linden' and what we would call London Plane they call 'Sycamore'. Both our Lime and what they called Linden was Tilia × europaea. To complicate matters further in some states in the US Linden is referred to as Basswood. The London Plane/Sycamore - What I thought looked like London Plane in the US was in fact the American Sycamore...Platanus occidentalis, not London Plane (Platanus × acerifolia) which is a hybrid of Platinus orientalis and Platinus occidentalis. Our Sycamore is good old Acer pseudoplatanus. The American Sycamore and British Sycamore are two completely different trees. This is why Latin/Botanical names are important so we can all understand exactly what we are referring to with regards to trees/plants/animals etc. around the world. The second part of a Latin name ie pseudoplatanus in Acer pseudoplatanus does not refer to the species as commonly thought. pseudoplatanus is the specific epithet, Acer is the Genus, Acer pseudoplatanus is the species. It's a common mistake to refer to the second part of a Latin/botanical name as the species. specific epithet - Wiktionary .

Planted mistletoe seeds (crushed) into moss in an Oak union about 12 years ago, they took. some pics/views from this week

Steve, just curious - why were you asked to look at the tree? Has the owner actually applied for permission to fell? If the owner wants the tree removed I just wondered if he asked you for a quote to have it removed or did he ask for a report on the tree's condition?

There's been debate on Shigo's four walls since CODIT was first put forward as a model/idea. But its the best we've got at the moment, until someone else comes up with a better explanation/model as to what happens when trees are wounded then I'll be using CODIT to explain compartmentalisation to my clients.

Norway Maple as well, but on this occasion the branches snapped due to exceptionally high winds. There was no squirrel damage on the branches. cheers for your thoughts though

The lower cavity/wound (first pic - see red dots) - wall 4 around the cavity is good I agree, helped along no doubt by the feeding provided by the (now removed) overgrown epicormic growth, but the Dryad's saddle is in there which we know can lead to failure. The overgrown epi (red dots) was damaged in recent high winds and broken/hanging down over the house which is why it was removed. The limbs were very leggy had just snapped in the wind at different points on different branches, but interestingly not at the attachment points which had been strengthened (as you said) over the years since the wound was made. The higher wound had similar damaged overgrown epi branches which hung down over the house. They failed at the attachment point, ripped out (see 2nd pic - red dots), that wound is a particularly good example of what not to do to a tree.......ever.

thought some of you may like to see pics of what looks very like Polyporus squamosus (beside Silky) and the remnants of some Auricularia auricula-judae (next to chainsaw saw bar observed in large old wounds (flush cuts) on an old Acer pseudoplatanus. Wounds are about 1 m apart on left stem. I'm not happy with the left stem, not so much because of the fungi present but because of the structural weakness presented by the hideous old pruning wounds. If the left stem was to be removed the whole tree would be as well going as it would leave the right stems very prone to westerly wind damaged. Tree is about 3 m from client's property (see pic below) Any thoughts welcome.

how do you know this for sure? do you investigate all the roots of the trees you see displaying O. mucida in the crown? .

These guys normally have a decent stock of harnesses in, might even have a Dragonfly. Ask to speak to Robert, they're based in Irvine, Ayrshire, He would have no issue with you trying a harness on I'm sure - McCluskey Equipment Supply Company Ltd, Tool Suppliers and Contractors Equipment in Irvine, Ayrshire, Arborist tools, Power tools, Hand tools, Stihl, Paslode, Hitachi, Fasteners, Rope, Chain, Lifting, Ladders, Ironmongers, Personal Protection

You could try a Skylotec Kolibri. it has leg loops, but the legloops are hard like the hardseat on the Dragonfly. The svensk thing you mention sounds like a Skybelt, they did a version with a hardseat and a sllding front D, its a decent and reasonably well made harness but a little restrictive when moving around the tree when compared to a Kolibri or Treemotion etc.

What kind of harness are you looking for? What do you use just now?

Martyn, I've seen that show, not sure what there gonna do with the steel, but the last time they did something similar to this with a ms460 24" bar revving at full revs. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unEFw12jBf0]YouTube - ‪Chainsaw juggling accident‬‏[/ame]

you dont know that for sure, but lets say it is for argument's sake. So your saying the bark has cracked due to excessive reaction wood being placed under the bark in that area causing the bark to split?

Are the trees definitely Acer pseudoplatanoides? What is Acer pseudoplatanoides common name?

Well bob, is the timber cracked then?

Probably not a good idea. Its a very difficult job that few pro tree surgeons would take on as some of the inner branches will be woven through the crown and each other, making them nigh on impossible to remove without damaging other stems which are being retained. Reducing the crown size should achieve decent results, ideally done between autumn and early spring.

If you think the crack is caused by secondary thickening, why is it confined to a specific area of the stem?

yeah, but there's an RBS in Giffnock that'll exchange them for sterling

did he go up ladders to take a close look?

He'd sat in his mobile office directly under the hanging limb all day, we didn't get to the tree till about 8pm. It had snapped the night before. If the limb had failed while he was sat in the office he'd have been a goner.

Here's another of Tony Sorensen's adaptations, notice the security guard standing beneath the adaptation (a 30ft long x 10" diam broken hanging hybrid Poplar limb, tip hung up in Lime tree opposite), totally oblivious to any risk.

I never said that, you sure you aint misquoting me? look again at what I actually said.

never heard of him

Here's the tree that the stem adapted itself away from MonkeyD will be glad to hear it was left as a 5m mono (sorry MonkeyD no coros this time)