Giles Hill

What is your budget and what kind of length do you need? Any idea of height?

Thanks David, I was thinking the ground beneath the buttresses must be fairly compacted and the surface roots were taking the line of least resistance... But if that was case, you'd think they would run alongside the barrier -those seem to have left the ground before getting to it. They do look just like guy ropes too!

Damn, he's quick...

You seem to have mislaid your original thread - it's on a sub forum of this one - see link below. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/fungi-pictures/24766-fungi-identification-con-you-help.html

Sounds a like nice project to be involved in Andy.

The tree is always going to balance its roots with its crown - if you remove roots, the tree will either regrow an equivalent amount, or shed part of the crown. It won't just grow extra roots that it doesn't need. I'd be interested in what the actual benefits are reckoned to be, if there is something more than controlling size.

I guess it would depend on whether or not the LPA chose to enforce the regs - this would be down to the individual Tree Officer and how well you get on with them. Either way it would be best to structure the plan around the practical tree work, rather than the red tape of the regs. Once the plan is written, you can just resubmit it and apply to continue implementation of the management plan, or sometimes it is helpful to update the plan, to take into account new working methods, or things that have arisen on site.

Weird! What are the ground conditions like there? I would have described them as being surface roots taking the line of least resistance past the barriers formed by those buttresses. That's not to say my description would be right of course!

Same here, and I'm chartered landscape architect. Arboriculture is a lot more interesting, but the qualification hierarchy is even more confusing.

I'd include a list of aims and objectives fairly early on. eg Aims: -Maximise remaining contribution of Veteran Trees -Enhance landscape character -Enhance ecology etc Objectives: -Schedule works to veteran trees stock, to maintain their contribution to the ecology and landscape character of site. -Appraise areas of naturally generated trees and where appropriate, remove trees to enhance landscape character through the reinstatement of historic views / reduce competition with more important trees etc. -Remove invasive species and species which are not in keeping with historic charcter of site - eg 20th century introduced species and cultivars. -Replacement planting - retain or relocate naturally generated saplings where possible, to maintain local provenance. New planting to comprise specis appropriate to historic charcter of site. New trees to be sited carefully to maintain historic views and open spaes between trees The aims and objectives would also inform your management prescriptions - i.e. the actual works to be carried out.

It looks like a fruit tree, but it has opposite buds. Looks like you've discovered a new species. All you have to do is name it something like Prunus alternifolia 'Hairy Owenii' and the report is complete.

Are you sure the buds are opposite? Obviously some are, it's just that the lower 2 leaf scars on the last pic look alternate. If the buds aren't opposite, then it does have a lot of rosacea characteristics. And it does look quite like crab apple as has been said earlier. The hairs are putting me off a bit though, crab apples do have hairy stems, but I've not seen one quite that hairy. Do you have a picture of the whole tree?

Depending on the scale, it could be Chondrostereum purpureum, it causes silver leaf. Was there any dieback in the crown? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/tree-fungi-28.html

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Of course, and a third and a fourth, in fact when ever I happen to pass by including taking minor detours to look at some trees if there's time. Isn't that normal? I particularly like the ones hosting annual brackets, because they keep changing. Nothing I've been observing yet has failed - I guess that's due to being a relative fungal newbie.

It's a difficult one. If you were being paid to assess the trees, you'd probably recommend that some action was taken. As a passer-by you can take a view. I think I could sleep soundly at night if I believed the chances of someone actually being hit were remote - in most cases the statistics are very much in your favour. Publishing your concerns about those last two on a public forum possibly presents an additional onus to notify the landowner - from a backside covering point of view!

Most of the pictures are of fairly rural looking areas - you see quite a lot of ash with I. hispidus on the country lanes around here. I tend to take the view that whilst they might cause a hazard if they fall onto the road, the chances of anyone being hit are very remote because the roads aren't that busy and any traffic is only a target for a tiny fraction of the time that the tree is stood there. The traffic itself is a far greater hazard on those kind of roads.

Looks like a Monterey cypress - they're more prone to failure than yews.

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The road might or might not have set it on the coil of decline (if that's the correct phrase), either way it didn't give up easily - It looks like it must have been a monster in about 1820...

Looks like the original tree might have suffered some root damage from the drive - possibly explaining it's sorry state in the old aerial picture. The other trees in the foreground look healthy enough - did you notice if they're still there?

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Nice one, it's good to see things coming to plan and start seeing the results. Amazing how these woodland plants are there and just waiting for the right conditions - something that would take several decades to achieve if you were statrting with new plantation. What's the story with that wood BTW? It looks a strange mix of secondary woodland and random conifers from the pics.

I was there

I look forward to the pics Rob. I read somewhere the Manchester ones are getting knocked out by something - a virus I think?