armybloke

There are many money trees/stumps around the site now. The Sycamore's around the Lakes are huge. I am sure some of those must be in excess of 300+ years old. The one I posted with the twins wrapped around it had a huge girth and the pic does not do it justice I promise you. In future I am going out with a ball of string to measure these monsters!

Yes there sure is! That array of trees was part of an ornamental planting system set up around the 1600's I think. I will now try and find the blurb.....

Just back from the Lakes and if you wanted to map the rooting systems of a few common trees then all you need to do is stroll around Derwent Water. A Silver Birch, Oak and Scots Pine all obliged. There are some monster trees around the Lakes too. Huge specimens of Sycamore, Sitka Spruce and others. Worth a visit. It did not stop raining all week and returning home felt like I was on the continent as we'd not seen anyone in a t-shirt all week and we'd been wrapped up in waterproofs fending off single digit temperatures! A few other pics for your amusement and viewing. I am sorry for the landscape pics but they would not stand up on download.

1. Fagus sylvatica 2. Betula pendula 3. Ficussp. 4. Garrya elliptica 5. Photinia sp. 5. Rosa sp. 6. Pyrus sp. 7. Ficus sp. 8. Prunus laurocerasus Poor photos to do an ident from in my opinion. You need more information in your pictures to include bud and branch formation when you can. These are best guess answers from the fuzz:thumbup:

and even better this link Flowchart 6: Offences | Planning Practice Guidance As an ex-TO enforcement is carried out by the councils enforcement team and pursuance is judged on evidence, the Tree Officers judgement of the case and previous. Other factors are considered but the cost is irrelevant. Bringing a criminal to justice is seen as cost effective AND in the public interest.

You may find this link useful Enforcing tree protection offences | Planning Practice Guidance

I use one for work as shown in your request for info link and it is pretty accurate and robust too. I tie it around my neck in the field with an orange lanyard so I can see it easily

I am going for Ash - branch tip habit looking like this species IMO

You may find this useful The significance of the decay fungus Kretzschmaria deusta (formerly Ustulina deusta): Extract from ‘Principles of tree hazard assessment and management’ by David Lonsdale 1999: “….U.deusta induces a brittle ceramic-like fracture. This can occur in main stems or root systems, since the fungus is exceptional amongst ascomycetes in being able to grow in the central wood of very large trees. Fracture often occurs before an advanced white-rot has developed, so that the fracture surface can be quite hard. The seat of the decay within the tree is usually at the stem base, where in some cases the fungus appears to have entered through a wound. In such cases, it can extend 4m or more up the stem, as well as into the roots. It can also enter via the roots, eventually causing windthrow. This is a particularly dangerous decay fungus, partly because its fruit bodies are often overlooked, also because of its very common occurrence and wide host range, and finally because of the type of decay that it causes. The brittle fracture associated with this decay often occurs with no warning of incipient failure, and without the compensatory thickening that can occur with fungi which cause selective delignification (e.g. Ganoderma spp.). Except in very advanced cases, this decay cannot be detected with a stress wave timer and may also escape detection by certain kinds of mechanical probe.”

Bee in the garden and a red admiral basking at RHS Wisley on Sunday. Birds are starting to nest - blue tit, collard dove and robin seen collecting nesting material locally this week and it's only Tuesday!

Even if it were that the trees were ill, a five day notice supported by a consultants report may do the trick. As already said on here - lots of photos and of course check statutory constraints. May not have a TPO but don't forget a CA carries a similar fine or even a planning constraint or special protection maybe in force. Recent incident where a developer removed 2 trees in a CA because he 'forgot' to check - £13900 fine. Council will pursue in public interest as costs would all be placed on offender in a clear case as this. I hope that you have a understanding TO and god forbid you should be hung for this. Best option in my opinion is to go see the LPA and explain the error.

Remember the location and 'key' it in spring when the leaves are out

Call your local Statutory Nature Conservation Organisation if you are unsure - you'll have one attached to the council teams. Same applies if you find a bat in a tree - give the SNCO a bell.

Check ownership - you would be liable if you took someone else's tree down even if matey told you to. Boundary edge trees nearly always causes issues in my opinion.

Showing good vitality - occlusions are sound and look good. Vascular 'piping' has found its way around the wound and looking at the crown shape and extension growth is doing well. A light prune to tighten the crown and 'offer' stability may be otherwise why the need to do anything? TR ratio of 1/3 will keep it upright. Move the detritus around the base of the stem would probably help it long-term. Look at the bifurcated stem and determine if there is any included bark in the union - that may present another issue? Difficult to judge from a pic and what's around the other side? Nice tree.

Mario, I have followed the journey of the Giant Redwoods you have posted over the past few years and having seen and read just about every thread about the opportunity to see some giant trees I am in the process of booking right now. I have 15 days of a fly - drive in October to fill and my current itinerary will take me to see some wonders of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. I won't have time to see the giants in north Carolina at the Redwood National Park (600 mile round trip) but I am stopping off in Sequoia National Park. I will post some sightings back on this thread in November on my return. Thanks for the inspiration. Marco

Funnily enough I ended up slicing 30 Silver Birch rings for place names at a recent wedding of a friend of mine. Took rings from an Oak, Alder and Cherry for their wedding cake stands. It all looked really smart once the ladies had prettied them up with lace and ribbon. Loads of simple ideas to make it look all natural. My button hole was vegetation taken from a nature reserve I work at (tied up and arranged by a professional mind you) and it was cool as....! The wife's bouquet and hair flower decorations were all from our garden too. You don't have to spend a fortune on a wedding. All in mine cost just over £400! It was the hottest day of the year, me and the wife hired our gear (lets face it a loft is no place to keep clothes for 50 years after a wear only once occasion) and 60 people tipped up. Post wedding drinks and nibbles on the South Downs and back to mine for a BBQ and a few drinks (til 5am naturally)! Invite the neighbours so they don't complain about the noise and the day is a good one! I should start a thread about weddings!

Genus - Oleaceae, Aceraceae, Aquifoliaceae, Rosaceae Species - Fraxinus sp. Acersp. Forsythia, Ilex sp. Malus sp. That ok to be getting on with?

I presented everyone with a Oak sapling of English provenance, (grown from acorns I collected at our national arboretum at Westonbirt 2 years previous) at our wedding. Wife potted them in 5cm pots, tied a ribbon round each pot and I printed off a care note of how to look after them. Environmentally friendly and most people planted them out either in their own gardens or elsewhere in the countryside.

Sean, it is normally stated within a planning condition that replacement of dead, etc is within 5 years - again, who will police this and enforce the replacement? I know who should......we need to promote volunteer tree wardens in every town. Trouble is it needs funding and authorisation from the local government body and they don't have time to administer this do they!

Fasciation can be a by-product of a viral infection in meristemetic tissue/cells (so I was told at Kew once) and I have witnessed it in a number of genus.

Invest in a Thor710 hammer - Thorex Nylon Hammer Hammers. Thor Hammer Company Ltd tells you the whole story of what is going on in the stem. It's a cheaper and reliable option to a PICUS. A good consultant will tell you what is going on with the tree. Hope it turns out well for you.

Tree inspection and nesting bird check early-doors on Salisbury Plain. Sunny, 3 degrees, force 3to4 with a hint of snow in the air. No damage - nice morning to be mixing with Red Kite, scurrying Pheasant and a few Robin singing in the hedgerows!

I have records of it being 2.0 m up a Beech tree so I don't think height is a restraint for this species? It looks too flakey to be Ustilina in my opinion. We should wait for better pictures me thinks