tomthetreeman
Participating member
- Location
- Rhode Island
Ceiba pentandra, Cozumel MX.
I Love This Tree
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tomthetreeman
Participating member
- Location
- Rhode Island
Another. This tree is about 5' DBH.
It has survived numerous hurricanes including Wilma, a cat 5 with winds of 185mph. It is located towards the southernmost point of the island on the carretera costal, which is incredibly exposed to severe weather, but somehow it perseveres.
-Tom
It has survived numerous hurricanes including Wilma, a cat 5 with winds of 185mph. It is located towards the southernmost point of the island on the carretera costal, which is incredibly exposed to severe weather, but somehow it perseveres.
-Tom
- Location
- Bend, Oregon
The structure of those trees is just incredible. One of my favorites, too!
- Location
- Over Your Head
- Location
- Bend, Oregon
I actually have never climbed a kapok, unfortunately. Just admired from the ground... But yes, there are some beauties!
robinia
Participating member
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
I've posted this tree on TB before but what the hell, it's a fav!
Liriodendron tulipifera in Ceský Krumlov, Czech Republic.
It's in the castle grounds directly behind the Carpinus allee and formal hedges.
Liriodendron tulipifera in Ceský Krumlov, Czech Republic.
It's in the castle grounds directly behind the Carpinus allee and formal hedges.
robinia
Participating member
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Sadly this one is gone, but it sure was a fav.
Ulmus americana in Whitby, Ontario.
(There's a climber hiding in there...)
Ulmus americana in Whitby, Ontario.
(There's a climber hiding in there...)
- Location
- Over Your Head
I gotta say, American Elms are one of my very favorite trees to climb! Nice photo Robinia!
robinia
Participating member
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Thanks Arbor Enhance.
This one was by far the biggest I'd ever seen. 110' high and a good 70' spread. Multiple lightning strikes, deadwood the size of park benches, but still thriving. It failed down in the bole after the decay from a lightning strike progressed too far.
On a positive note this tree was cloned prior to the failure and it's progeny are doing really well!
This one was by far the biggest I'd ever seen. 110' high and a good 70' spread. Multiple lightning strikes, deadwood the size of park benches, but still thriving. It failed down in the bole after the decay from a lightning strike progressed too far.
On a positive note this tree was cloned prior to the failure and it's progeny are doing really well!
- Location
- Over Your Head
That is awesome to hear that you guys cloned it! I've yet to try that with a champion type tree, but have done other simple experimental clones with Red Maples.
I have a Black Walnut I am doing some work on this spring in Wisconsin, the largest I have ever seen! It is a victim of a lightning strike from over a decade ago. Low co-dom with a 50" DBH trunk, split(the co-doms are massive) from the strike.
The interior wood around the split is in good shape, almost no decay, and wound wood/compartmentalization is doing well. Going to install a static cable and prune major deadwood. Hopefully it sees at least another few decades of good livin'.
I have a Black Walnut I am doing some work on this spring in Wisconsin, the largest I have ever seen! It is a victim of a lightning strike from over a decade ago. Low co-dom with a 50" DBH trunk, split(the co-doms are massive) from the strike.
The interior wood around the split is in good shape, almost no decay, and wound wood/compartmentalization is doing well. Going to install a static cable and prune major deadwood. Hopefully it sees at least another few decades of good livin'.
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Sadly this one is gone, but it sure was a fav.
Ulmus americana in Whitby, Ontario.
(There's a climber hiding in there...)
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Nice one, Robinia! Climbing in a little bit of wind, are we!?!? That looks like a fun one! Glad to hear it was cloned.
Sadly this one is gone, but it sure was a fav.
Ulmus americana in Whitby, Ontario.
(There's a climber hiding in there...)
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Nice one, Robinia! Climbing in a little bit of wind, are we!?!? That looks like a fun one! Glad to hear it was cloned.
- Location
- above the KY rhizosphere
- Location
- above the KY rhizosphere
We had a bad wind storm followed by a bad ice storm about 3-4 years ago, so I think those spots are damage from that. But overall the tree is in great shape.
- Location
- above the KY rhizosphere
By the way, if anyone is interested in adding trees to the google map I created, send me your email address and I will send you an invitation to be a collaborator.
- Location
- Over Your Head
I've seen pictures of thousand year old Ginkgos in China, but that is one bad arse tree!
TreeLogic
Branched out member
- Location
- Coastal SC
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The critical question is whether an oak can put out an adventitious root from a lateral? Can it somehow sense it is resting in soil due to simple abrasive scouring of the leaders lower bark/cambium at that contact point?
Can oaks be tricked into putting out adventitious roots period?
jomoco
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Jomoco,
I don't think so. Here's a pic of one of my favorites which is here in town. It's a Quercus virginiana known as "The Angel Oak". It has limbs all over the ground, which incidentally I think helps in hurricanes. But the limbs never put off roots.
The critical question is whether an oak can put out an adventitious root from a lateral? Can it somehow sense it is resting in soil due to simple abrasive scouring of the leaders lower bark/cambium at that contact point?
Can oaks be tricked into putting out adventitious roots period?
jomoco
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Jomoco,
I don't think so. Here's a pic of one of my favorites which is here in town. It's a Quercus virginiana known as "The Angel Oak". It has limbs all over the ground, which incidentally I think helps in hurricanes. But the limbs never put off roots.
- Location
- above the KY rhizosphere
I really want to go see that one.
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