RobArb

sorry can only find these at the mo, must be on another hard disc somewhere, first one is best one of the roots but it was definately acer pseudoplatanus 100% from memory it was next to an industrial Lithium plant (would that make a difference?) and there was lots and lots of acers, salix and sambucus, nearest birch was probably 150yds away 100% confident on this last pic is a general habitat pic, although this was about 100yds to the left of the fly's occurence

yes, all sycy? one sec i'll dig the photos out

found lots of developing secondry roots in a split labernum the other day, the bottom 3ft was just nearly pure brown rot, and in the inclusion and down the roots where there, got some pics of that somewhere too:lol:

i'll dig the photo's out and post them later, from what i can remember there was lots of (mainly pseudoplatanus) and a lot of ferns there may have been some goat willow too but its been a while and can't remember

i know you ain't forgot but bump:thumbup:

got some pictures of quite a lot of fly's under a pseudoplatanus:thumbup:

apart from the impressed bit:thumbdown:

can the course workbook be "found" online?

Doing my soils modules in uni i originally thought urgh, whats that got to do with arb, well after doing a years worth of study in both soil science and soil technology i definately changed my mind:thumbup: some good and interesting stuff on soils can be found here:thumbup: Soil-Net.com - Soil-Net Case Studies Pedosphere.com :: Global Soil Science Educators & Knowledge Managers Soil Biodiversity Atlas

not enough heat?

yup google translation works a treat even if it is pig english sometimes:lol:

thought of some more features, what do you think, viable or not worth the info? plant associations habitat (or have i said that) bug associations benefits and risks and conservation status (if applicable)

nice big bit of spalted wood there or is it too rotten?

last big dead sycy i felled (and it was big) i kept the hinge a bit thicker than i normally would and used a couple of wedges in the back, went over nice and landed exactly in the right place:thumbup:

nice climb, looked like a big tree:thumbup: but i can't say much about the one handed saw use throughout:sneaky2: and stopped watching after 4 and a half minutes for fear of you getting injured:001_rolleyes:

All comments are appreciated, consrtuctive and critical alike, it is the only way something gets improved, and the more people interested and willing to show support the more a worthwile project i think it is:thumbup:

no no, the more questions asked the better it is as i can try to explain which also helps to get it organised in my head and on paper I have already started taking the photos, have been for a while but its been mainly native species so far, to be honest hadn't really thought of big nursery's, got a few near me on the small scale that i may be able to ask for help but that is a good idea, especially for different less common cultivars the interent is a huge help these days and although not always accurate it gives a good starting point on the detective trail sometimes, i very much doubt i'll get every photograph myself as i feel this would be an impossible task which would take to long so i have also started to draw up a list of potential 'experts' per say, that may be able to supply photo's needed (with recognition of course) and i suppose this is where arbtalk comes in too, especially for the people that are interested, i think i remember steve planning something a while back for a directory similar to the fungi one but for trees, not sure if this ever came into fruition or if its still on the back burner somewhere but i have wanted to do one for a long time now, so i've made a start regardless:biggrin: the most important bit for now before imaging is getting the layout and according information correct, allowing for ease of use but also be informative to the nTH degree

haven't even thought of funding:blush: no as above this is something i want to do for myself and share with the world (for a small fee, £2.99 ok?) and if i per chance get to visit some remarkable places along the way then thats the sacrifice i shall have to make:biggrin: and i'll think you'll find its a drummondii, or was that just a typo:001_tt2:

on a side not this is something i want to do as it will improve MY ident skills and also P&D problems of all trees repetition is the key:thumbup:

think some of the acers with there 1000's of cultivars may be most taxing:blushing:

with problem with drop downs would be if your not aux fait with tree characteristics, it can get too complicated, as in not piulling up ANY results, not that its not do-able though there is an american site with a tree database that does a similar thing in regards to the land/treescaping by searching for trees with certain characteristics and it seems to work, might be a model thats worth following i know this is going to be a journey but even if a few people use it long term it something to be proud of

of course, of course:thumbup:

there's a few of those near my place of work janey think i might stick em in the database:lol:

thought they might be:lol:

a dichotomous key is a set of questions that when you answer one question it takes you down that route eliminating all other options, another question is asked and so on ond so forth till the answer is given for example the first question could be (its not:lol:) are the leaves opposite or alternate, if alternate was selected it would eliminate all opposite leaved trees from the possible answers, the next question could be are the leaves compound or pinnate, if pinnate was selected, again all the compounds are eliminated until one tree remains its not always the most accurate method due to variations within species and habitat growth, but for a basic list it usually does the trick and is simple to use when the questions are supplied with pictures My list so far contains (all will have pictures wherever possible to support) Common Name/s and Latin Name Classification and family and genera etc(common and latin) Any common recognisable features (if appropriate) Frequency/origin/distribution Bark (young and old) Form (young, old and seasons) height/girth/spread when mature (on average) Twigs and buds (seasons) Fruit Leaves/needles (upper and under) Flower (male, female) Spray and positioning of leaves/needles all generas listed resistance and succeptability to diseases and diseases/fungi commonly associated with poisonous or not (although probably most trees are to some extent:biggrin:) age tree can get to Uses and interesting facts and a glossary of botanical terms I hadn't thought of these that you have so kindly pointed out:blush:, they are great ideas thanks several different leaves to show natural varience developing and ripening fruit cross section of stem water uptake soil pH and type tolerance stress / drought / flood tolerance i've got till next september when i start year 2 of uni (personal target) to build this thing then god knows how long its going to take me to populate it but hopefully i think it will be worth it. would also like to turn it into a phone app too but don't know if this will possible yet i do thank you for your input janey (as you seem to be the only one haha) and hope others get involved too:thumbup: