Cotonwood

[Mark Chisholm]

Of course that could make a difference. But, don't you tend to notice how some trees just seem to always get shattered? Locust, Oaks.... they always seem worse to me than others like Cottonwood.

 

[WPArborist]

Could it be that Locust and Oak are ring porous and cotonwood is not?


WP

 

[tod_k]

Mark, I have noticed that the wet wood of Cottonwood does hold the damage to the cambium layer for sure. Any kind of conifer makes me super aware. They seem to seperate layer by layer and fail with very light loads.

 

[treehumper]

I'd be interested to see if there are any studies on different species and how they respond to a lightning strike. Anyone know of such an animal?