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Guide to Trees book not up to the job....
sloth replied to Saltrams's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Nice clear pics I will stick my neck out and say it is an Acer. As for species, platanoides, capadocium? Who knows, have to wait and see. Any pics of bark or tree form would help. I love all the fresh growth this time of year, it feels like winter has finally ended! -
Makes a change from the usual balls ups. Robot at 4:30 = awesome!please note, I cannot reimburse your time spent watching this if you disapprove. So direct you complaints elsewhere!
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Nice shots, especially those last few
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:eek: sounds dodgy?! :eek:
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Genetic modification- your views please
sloth replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
http://xkcd.org/1013/ -
....some people!
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Ancient and other veteran trees: further guidance on management
sloth replied to David Humphries's topic in Ecology
Haven't yet ordered this, what do you all make of it so far? -
Very nice indeed, yew handle? Who is it made by, if you don't mind me asking...
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Looks like it is impossible then. I wonder how many hours I wasted trying this when I should have been paying attention in school!?
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The background to it, as I was told, is the three houses belong to very wealthy people who don't get along. As a result they all want their own unique line, and are not willing to share or have a line go from their own house to another. So passing under a house wouldn't work (like joining houses in a chain), and neither would linking services together...
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Good option, may stop her getting another dog too!
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Forget about April 1st, this is a genuine post! I was shown this many many years ago and have forgotten how it is done. Come to think of it my childhood memory is so hazy I might not have seen it completed and just taken someones word it is possible. Anyway, puzzle goes: -the top three dots are houses, below them are gas (G) water (W) and electricity (E) stations. -each house must have its own G, W & E. -lines cannot cross. -lines cannot join from one house to another. -lines cannot 'split' First person to post a solution wins nothing but admiration
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Agreed, however 'normal' amounts aren't a concern. So if there wasn't a high concentration in the soil at the time of heartwood formation, it wouldn't then accumulate years later, would it?
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Could have been, laeti growing on Taxus is known to absorb toxins, although In what quantities I don't know. Also some ground dwelling shrooms, puffball and others can collect and concenrate heavy metals; so they shouldn't be eaten from roadside pickings. I have been wary of eating laeti from roadside oaks for that reason, but wondered if it may be ok. Thoughts being the laeti is decaying heartwood (lets just say formed by the tree before said road existed) so may not come into contact with pollutants from a road. I don't suppose anyone knows for certain, but trees used to absorb toxins/contaminants from polluted sites may well pass them on to their fungal friends...
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Agree with that. I've felt fairly nervous up dead, decayed trees before. Take bits small to start, once you've got the ends off even a 20stone fatty won't make much difference to a tree that stood through the last strong winds. At least that's what I told myself!
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voice of experience? :eek:
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Try this free download for a start... http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg317.htm If I can dig out my old lantra/nptc workborks I could send them to you; if I can find them!
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Very kind of you Silky, Ill be in touch
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Go for it
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is it on backwards?
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Thanks for the replies so far, keep 'em coming I have squared graph paper, so I will do my best, I reckon Ill go first half of April so should still be 'winter buddy'?. You'll have to make do without lamination though!
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Cheers for the tip Alec, I will hop on the train Any in particular you want Rob, and any certain 'rules' for shots? I do remember you started a thread with particulars. Just close ups, scale in shot, tree form, image quality/size?
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Is that one the original trees (old lions?)? Did you still need any photos for your ident app/site thingy? Be happy to help out if you give me a list, no guarantee Ill get them all though!
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Hi all, got a ticket for Kew gardens and have never been before, I am going to wait till April to go as its open an extra hour Anyway, would anyone like to suggest 'must see bits' and 'don't bother bits' as I don't think I'll see it all in a day! Cheers in advance...
