Tree oddities
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evo
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- My Island, WA
love it!
Able Feller
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- Petal, MS
Pecan Tree
South Mississippi
Able Feller
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- Petal, MS
Mike Islander
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- Lowcountry of South Carolina
Funky American Holly.
evo
Been here much more than a while
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- My Island, WA
Alder stump which held back at-least two surface slides, then was cut.. After it must have been a bigger slide which washed it into the sound
evo
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- My Island, WA
Broccoli top Douglas fir sport, Just past the ranger station at the Ho rainforest NP
evo
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Western red cedar graft
evo
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Bigleaf maple coppiced stump
CjM
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Interesting pair of red maples.
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Single leader coming off a 4-5' ish dsh doug-fir that broke a long time ago.
evo
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- My Island, WA
I’ll take a photo of the cedar snag someone else made but it didn’t want to die. I’ve been driving by it for years watching it grow. Started with a little fuzz left on a branch collar
TreeCo
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I found this growing on a sycamore limb around 1990 and put it on display at a Penn-Del meeting. Dr. Shigo was the main speaker and took a good look at this and wanted it. I couldn't give it up sorry to say but he did get some photographs. Loved that guy. It's been hanging in the rafters in my garage for the past 20 years. The camera flash doesn't do it justice.
Kind of a fun one from yesterday while taking down some big leaf maples where I'm building my shop.
1) Large leader breaks out.
2) Decay sets in.
3) Tree attempts to seal up wound with new tissue.
4) New tissue develops roots and the tree feeds off it's own decay pocket.
5) Cannibal tree
1) Large leader breaks out.
2) Decay sets in.
3) Tree attempts to seal up wound with new tissue.
4) New tissue develops roots and the tree feeds off it's own decay pocket.
5) Cannibal tree
evo
Been here much more than a while
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- My Island, WA
Its not always a decay thing... I've heard the term "deadmans finger" referring to the root that can grow into a stem bifurcation. Funny enough I found a few in bigleaf maple today
evo
Been here much more than a while
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- My Island, WA
Here’s mine of the day. Out on bids this caught my eye, so I stopped for a few photos.. my best guess is that this western red cedar (thuja) grew on a nurse log OR near one and tipped onto it. Regardless the green mossy masses are roots and it developed a huge second top
Excuse the wide angle distortion only way I could get the whole thing
Excuse the wide angle distortion only way I could get the whole thing
Here's a couple from nearby my house. 1- American Elm with a large wound/canker/burl or whatever. This is a large Elm, probably 36" DBH and close to 90' tall. The dark spot in the lower middle is about dead center in the trunk and is hollow.
2- huge Red Oak burl right at the ground. About 4' tall for reference.
2- huge Red Oak burl right at the ground. About 4' tall for reference.
