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Not too advanced to burn

Looks like chicken of the woods causing a brown rot, not too advanced. It'll burn very well for free...

I had a quick laugh at this poor squirrels misfortune, then the reality set it :eek: imagine taking a stroll to your fridge for a snack, slipping, and hanging by your nuts and sack. Your whole body weight. Hanging. You try to get off but there's nothing to hold, can't go up, can't get down. Your snack is out of reach, so is the phone. Just like in space no one can hear you screaming. You have two choices: 1. Wait for help that may not come, slowly starving to death, with snacks just out of reach. And no dignity, knowing if kids find you first you'll most likely be poked with a stick. 2. Hope, and try to wiggle and bounce until you are parted from your two veg. You can then have a snack, and explain to the nice people at a&e what you were doing (they won't believe you, no one will!) and hope they can re-insert your nuts into your elongated sack. This kind of situation should be reserved for one kind of person. Unless that is Jimmy Squirrel, I feel truly sorry for the little guy!

If the invitation is open its not far from me and I've never been. Wouldn't mind tagging along...

I was referring to Guy Meilluer, aka treeseer (spelling?) who seems to express a lot of interest in girdling roots. The pic is small and blurry on my phone but looks to be I.dryadeus (or is Pseudoinnonotus now?), tree form looks wrong, but I guess that could be the bank location and girdling (supporting?) root throwing it off. You should check out the girdling roots thread, some good images and pause for thought. I don't think its as black and white as they are all bad or good, go on and have a gander...

Sound anchorage in the form of tension roots will be limited on the bank side, but there will most likely be 'stilt' roots providing compression resistance (see vta field guide). I don't know the context of your tree in question; ground works in rpa at the bottom of the bank perhaps? If so, or similar, remember just because there are probably no roots providing significant anchorage at the bottom does not mean there won't be a significant amount of fine feeder roots (especially if soil condition is favourable, eg moist, fertile and uncompacted). Ps. Fine looking tree Tony, with all the activity on the girdling roots thread I wonder what David and Guy would make of it? Fungi is .........?

That's a real bummer. So are the points divided eg. 10 for correct ID's, 10 for recommendations, 10 for inspecting all trees etc? And when is the next one?!

Gutted for you. 3.5 of how many? How are points allocated/tested?

Don't know the full story, or nationality but yes arb site..

Sorry Steve didn't think the link would be a problem. Just pointing out that whole forums (like our beloved Arbtalk) can and do get shut down for violation of copyright. Or so it would seem...

May be old news to some, be aware of what you post...

Very interesting posts, thanks for taking the time to document and post it

Aha, much obliged

As there is no such thing as a silly question (apparently!) I must ask: what are the axis values?

I would love to go but can't right now. I've got to ask though, why do so many UK climbers go to oz and nz? Are there no locals that do it?

Piptoporous quercinus, I still ding know the location!

That is class 1 photo and example all it needs is... ...only pulling ya leg!

I think the important question is, "was she hot?"

25 acres isn't very large scale, I didn't see that tbh, only very quickly scanned through the article...

Could be bacterial canker of cherry, Pseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum.

Hmmm... Large scale spraying of anything is bad news imo

Stihl Essex

Not exactly sure what you're asking, us to tell you what your results suggest? They are far from conclusive but it would appear (very roughly!) peak density occurs at 6-8m, and there is a 40% drop at 16-18m in both species. As with any natural system there are going to be many variables and limited factors to consider and note. For example: - how many trees of each species are surveyed - the height of the trees, tall trees seeds will go further - what size of seedlings do you include? - what are the soil/growing conditions like around the tree? - how exposed to wind are the trees? - is there any grazing animals etc which could affect numbers? - do you count seeds found, or just seedlings? - do you count all seedlings around the tree, or samples at different compass points and distance? I'm sure there are more factors you can think of! I would suggest eliminate as many limiting factors as you can, and show your graphs as ratios or percentages of distance against tree height. If it is too late to gather more data or change methodology I would say the results are inconclusive, and try to explain why and what could be changed to obtain more significant results. Best of luck! (What course are you on?)

Have you tried the planning portal website?

Not always a good idea to post after a drink or two...