Tree oddities

Matias said:
I absolutely adore bald cypress, but where I grew up, on the Loxahatchee, they put on a lot more girth, and typically have a very strong taper. You guy's have also likely never seen one develop "knees", as that is an adaptation they have for dealing with being partially submerged for months at a time. I'll look for some good pictures.
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We do get significant taper as well, with highly pronounced sinuses and super nodes that threaten to swallow lateral branches on the lower trunk.

I’ve often wondered if crown raising over time is worthwhile if only to create proper wound closure. If a lower branch dies off and its collar is deep in a trunk node, a proper cut is unattainable.
 
The really old ones I remember didn't have many, if any, really major low branches, but they had also see countless hurricanes. I also remember codoms being exceedingly rare on them. Crazy strong wood though, I remember most of them having intact tops, though they did stay fairly short and squat, relatively speaking.
 
A friend took this photo on the Silver River near Silver Springs in Fl a few years ago. That's me in my Alumacraft 56 Merrie 16.

Note the taper on that large Bald Cypress.

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I have never seen one with so many branches that low still growing, but I must admit that I haven’t really seen any open grown ones either. Their native habitat tends to promote dense growth and lots of competition for light, until of course the cypresses establish themselves and start to shade out the understory.
 
I went digging through this phone, and it seems I need to dig out my old phone and get the pictures off of it from my last trip down there.
 
OK, so this is loosely tree related, but it should qualify for this thread by the extreme odd factor…
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I pulled into the folk’s driveway and chipped for an hour, then continued through the “U” driveway and out to the roadside to wreck out a little Norway Maple. I probably never crested 15 mph in the 300’ journey but noticed this right away when setting cones.
 
oceans said:
OK, so this is loosely tree related, but it should qualify for this thread by the extreme odd factor…
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I pulled into the folk’s driveway and chipped for an hour, then continued through the “U” driveway and out to the roadside to wreck out a little Norway Maple. I probably never crested 15 mph in the 300’ journey but noticed this right away when setting cones.
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Looks like the Ents put a wheel lock on your rig.
 
oceans said:
OK, so this is loosely tree related, but it should qualify for this thread by the extreme odd factor…
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I pulled into the folk’s driveway and chipped for an hour, then continued through the “U” driveway and out to the roadside to wreck out a little Norway Maple. I probably never crested 15 mph in the 300’ journey but noticed this right away when setting cones.
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Well that's a new one! And amazingly, none of those little lug nut covers are broken either. That's a small feat in itself!
 
oceans said:
OK, so this is loosely tree related, but it should qualify for this thread by the extreme odd factor…
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I pulled into the folk’s driveway and chipped for an hour, then continued through the “U” driveway and out to the roadside to wreck out a little Norway Maple. I probably never crested 15 mph in the 300’ journey but noticed this right away when setting cones.
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Are you starting a new trend?
All the guys will be doing this watch!
 
Reach said:
Well that's a new one! And amazingly, none of those little lug nut covers are broken either. That's a small feat in itself!
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Well my first thought was I’m glad this didn’t fall off somewhere on the short stretch of road behind me. Small price to pay for a lug cover or two. Then the piece came out like butter with nothing was broken. Totally surprised. If was just a “dude perfect” moment.
 
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