Tree growing roots under it's own bark....

[DanielSon]

So as the title says, I came across something yesterday that I had never seen in 15 years... A tree growing roots under it's own bark!

Who else had seen this out there?

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[macswan]

I actually see similar stuff semi regularly. The other day (still kicking self for not photographing) we pruned a silver maple that had sent buttress roots down through a central cavity, which had decayed outwardly, so the cavity was visible. And the roots were probable four feet tall and three to four inch diameter. these were roots inside the decayed center of the tree. Looked amazing. interesting creatures trees

 

[twig]

adventitious root. a root growing from a location other then the ground, descending portion of the axis of a plant, as from a stem or a leaf. the tree put them there to deal with the stress and rot on that portion of the affected tree.

 

[Treezybreez]

I have seen roots growing in The crotches of trees. Mostly the co-dominate crotches of maples. There was even a composting bird's nest with roots growing in it. It was basically air layering on its' own.

 

[DanielSon]

adventitious root. a root growing from a location other then the ground, descending portion of the axis of a plant, as from a stem or a leaf. the tree put them there to deal with the stress and rot on that portion of the affected tree.

Thanks Twig.... I didn't know that term.....

From Wikipedia...

• Adventitious roots arise out-of-sequence from the more usual root formation of branches of a primary root, and instead originate from the stem, branches, leaves, or old woody roots. They commonly occur in monocots and pteridophytes, but also in many dicots, such as clover (Trifolium), ivy (Hedera), strawberry (Fragaria) and willow(Salix). Most aerial roots and stilt roots are adventitious. In some conifers adventitious roots can form the largest part of the root system.

 

[treehumper]

See that in narrow unions between co-doms.