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  1. baumeister

    beech tree trunk colonization

    Yes yes, I know the larvae, I just did not see any evidence. Where do you see those 1/2 cavities.?
  2. baumeister

    beech tree trunk colonization

    The other wound further up in the other picture seems to have the same break pattern. Hmmmm. I think you may have a point. Now I am curious what the fungi ID comes back with. There have been several large failures in the tree in the past too as can be seen from the pictures.
  3. baumeister

    beech tree trunk colonization

    Sorry I had my lingo wrong. I assumed the lack of splintering was due to an adventitious shoot. Thank you for correcting me. That to me does look like an adventitious shoot and I don't see how it could have a connection to the trunk having grown on wound wood. But ok, let's say you are right...
  4. baumeister

    beech tree trunk colonization

    Osmoderma beetles? Did I miss them?
  5. baumeister

    beech tree trunk colonization

    That limb was tore off by 4 tons of fraxinus. The limb was an epicormic shoot and therefor did not have a normal connection to the trunk. (Which can be seen in the way the break happened and by the placement of the limb on the trunk. Where do you see decay of cellulose fibers?
  6. baumeister

    beech tree trunk colonization

    The ash tree came down on the garage and tore several limbs off the oak.
  7. baumeister

    beech tree trunk colonization

    Not the best picture but a clean hollow up in the trunk. This is not the hole next to the fresh torn amputee. This is further down the trunk. If you look at the pic with me in the the tree i am at that hole. Some of the canopy Well there you have a bunch of pictures to look at. I have to say...
  8. baumeister

    beech tree trunk colonization

    Clean break solid wood. Epicormic shoot after original wound so not the usual attachment.
  9. baumeister

    2015 ash failures in midwest

    I will keep my eyes out for pics. thanks for the info. does make sense.
  10. baumeister

    2015 ash failures in midwest

    I have seen a lot of ash tree failures at base to 15 feet all failing in the same manner this fall, winter. They are Complete vertical failure similar to barberchairs. The wood is obviously brittle. There must be a specific fungus that moves into ash after eab, but not after a none eab death. I...
  11. baumeister

    beech tree trunk colonization

    Oh, btw, went to get mushroom samples the other day and found this: In the foreground you see snow covered logs barely visible. Above i mentioned an ash tree that had succumbed to eab. It went over onto the garage. Tree belonged to the neighbor. Broke out one limb on the oak. Here are...
  12. baumeister

    beech tree trunk colonization

    Thax guy. I appreciate your input. I'm gonna measure the tree. I will be expecting reward from those millions of it is 100'.
  13. baumeister

    Oak tree report has me ""stumped"

    Ok, can't get my head around the specifics of a pull test on something this large, but I can visualize observation in high wind conditions.
  14. baumeister

    Oak tree report has me ""stumped"

    "Patient obviously has a broken leg. ". Does it? I dissagee. Patient has a leg, I am trying to find out if he has an issue with the leg. If I knew it was broken, this would be an easy diagnosis, right?
  15. baumeister

    Oak tree report has me ""stumped"

    IMHO The problem with pull testing this subjec is the hollow trunk at 45 feet. To evaluate the base with a pull test would put stress on that point. I don't need to test that point with a pull test. I can do that visually first. Putting the anchor below this point doesn't seem practical, so my...
  16. baumeister

    Oak tree report has me ""stumped"

    Yes, this tree is definitely no pull test subject.
  17. baumeister

    My groundman just died

    Sorry. I have a young kid right now that had a similar history. His jail term was the best thing that happened to him. Spent 2 years fighting forest fires in Colorado. Nice to hear the penitentiary system working. Now he is back working with us. Has demons he can't control. Abusive family...
  18. baumeister

    Live structural tree failure study.

    Thanks mrtree. I will look into that.
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