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From the album: Tree Stuff
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From the album: Tree Stuff
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Nothing spectacular! Big overgrown hedge with a busy road and cables behind.
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From the album: Tree Stuff
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From the album: Tree Stuff
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From the album: Tree Stuff
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From the album: Tree Stuff
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haha, one way of putting that to bed!
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i have just read in "trees: their natural history" by peter thomas that Quercus spp flower in month 4-5 april to may. a rough guide to coming into leaf, although oaks are one of the last would also be april. in collins complete guide to british trees. it says the male repoductive part appears in may and falls of as the leaf fully opens. thats got to help on some of the rough guides you ask?
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Couldnt agree more...
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Perfect Age Structure Of A Woodland?!?
Gareth jones replied to chrissishrimp's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
for me it would depend on the purpose of the woodland. for ameinity, nice big old broadleaf woodland.. oaks, sweet chesnuts, beeches! plenty of variety . The perfect size age could only really be defined for production surley ? -
that would be dependant on the species.. for example. if you knew the species of tree and when its leaves formed. you could say when period 3 would start. and if you knew when it started shedding you know when it would be preparing for 5 Dormancy. its more of a transition of periods and months. it cant be exact because the weather is different each year. like a cold spell in the start of spring might delay bud burst and leaf formation.
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There is alot of information in "Trees; their natural histor" if you can get a copy. I did a Anual life cycle of an Aesculus hippocastanum.. you could tie them all together under this format using the headings; Seed - showing type of seed Germination - When? and what conditions/need to start the process? Vegative/juvenile growth stage - how long before it starts flowering/producing. flowering stage and pollination - Type of flowers eg.g hemaphrodite, monoecious, dioeceus, and how they are pollinated?.. when? Fertilization - What happens to the flower after fertilization? when? Seed set and dispersal - Type of fruit... e.g. false fruit, true fruit, dihescent dry. The type would indicate the dispersal method. and when? Then add where each of the life cycle stages apply to the Phenology periods.
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forget that.. should have read your first coment to the end
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There are 5 main periods of the tree calendar in our temperate climate required for the RFS.. 1. Onset of growth. 2. Formation of leaves. 3. High photosynthesis. 4. Formation of wood and storage of energy. 5. Dormacy. There is some good definitions for "Pheneology" on Wiki. Phenelogy does'nt just apply to tree's but also used to describe natural procceses involving animals that are an effect of seasonal changes.
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V.T.A symptoms "the chatty trees"
Gareth jones replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Tree health care
nice one.. it makes more sense now, like 'shell buckling' in Claus Matthecks body language of trees? cheers for taking the time to post! so this could well be a similar thing? any takers on this? -
From the album: Tree Stuff
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From the album: Tree Stuff
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V.T.A symptoms "the chatty trees"
Gareth jones replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Tree health care
i see.. so it could be incremental growth as a result of the progression of decay... well thats last the last time i assume a white rot when looking at what appears to be fibre buckling on an oak! -
V.T.A symptoms "the chatty trees"
Gareth jones replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Tree health care
Cheers Sloth! i will check them out. Fungi is swiftly becoming a relentless topic! -
V.T.A symptoms "the chatty trees"
Gareth jones replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Tree health care
Could'nt not post this picture of the last day of the feature Beech tree on the 18 hole on the West at Wentworth. It had stoppped putting its foliage out a few years back and rather large dead limbs started dropping, so it was time to go.. The interresting point is that it had an included bark union (compression fork) between the twin stems as it used to be part of a small grouping of Beech trees in that area, but never failed in it's "living" life... feel sorry for the poor sod having to live with ears that big the tree had a fairly large sized Ganoderma spp. bracket at ground level between butress root and had a hollow cavity that reached 3 meters up the stem! -
From the album: Tree Stuff
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From the album: Tree Stuff
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V.T.A symptoms "the chatty trees"
Gareth jones replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Tree health care
hey guys my names Gareth. This thread is great! i'm currently studying the RFS Certificate in arboriculture at Merrist Wood College and body language of trees is right up my street. Managed to sort my mobile out and link it with my computer so i can finally make a contribtion instead of leaching off all your knowledge! Is this "Fibre Buckling" i saw today? caused by a possible white rot? -
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