Chris Schultz
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- Minturn
How else you gonna carve your initials into it a couple hundred ft up?
Tree oddities
- Thread starter evo
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Matias
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- Location
- Butte County
@evo "Did you climb it?"
I sure would like to, but that one's off limits. I have shifted my attention the the Sequoiadendron. Dry climate. Older, gnarlier trees, and I can't find any rule against it. Not a named tree either; off the beaten path.
I sure would like to, but that one's off limits. I have shifted my attention the the Sequoiadendron. Dry climate. Older, gnarlier trees, and I can't find any rule against it. Not a named tree either; off the beaten path.
Matias
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- Butte County
Matias wuz here
Treezybreez
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- Location
- Lancaster, SC
Branch graft…
Matias
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- Butte County
I can't get over how cool it feels to see those in person
Treezybreez
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- Lancaster, SC
Yes indeed. I like to think of them as natural cabling.
evo
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- My Island, WA
I do see that most often on your islands. While it’s not unheard of around here I’d say it’s rare. Wonder if there is some genetics at play..
Interesting observation. I've worked around and climbed in a good number of the trees in Seattle, seeing more in West Seattle than other parts of the city, but that was well over a decade ago and I can't remember one way or the other if they had this corkscrew form or not. Having seen it somewhat commonly out here in the San Juan's has made it feel sort of 'normal' to me but you may be on to something about it potentially being a regional genetic mutation.
I think we need someone smarter than me to look into it. Shouldn't be hard to find
evo
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- My Island, WA
They certainly put on some ripple here and once in a while I will see hints of some corkscew, but nuttin like up there.Interesting observation. I've worked around and climbed in a good number of the trees in Seattle, seeing more in West Seattle than other parts of the city, but that was well over a decade ago and I can't remember one way or the other if they had this corkscrew form or not. Having seen it somewhat commonly out here in the San Juan's has made it feel sort of 'normal' to me but you may be on to something about it potentially being a regional genetic mutation.
I think we need someone smarter than me to look into it. Shouldn't be hard to find
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Daniel
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- Suburban Philadelphia (Wayne)
I like his stuff and actually met him when he was doing a tree survey at a park near my GF house...7M views · 661K reactions | This was the first time I had seen a living stump! Sometimes when a tree is cut down, its neighbors can continue to supply it with all it needs to grow new wood (sugars, photosynthates, water, nutrients) through the fungal
This was the first time I had seen a living stump! Sometimes when a tree is cut down, its neighbors can continue to supply it with all it needs to grow new wood (sugars, photosynthates, water,...
evo
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- My Island, WA
This was almost impossible to catch on a gray day, but what I thought was a hanger for about 2 seconds ended up being a broom in a Maple, which is a species I’ve never seen exhibit this before. Not only a broom, but a coiled one that‘s probably 75% again as wide at the coil as it is way back at the branch collar. Hope they show enough…
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TreeCo
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I wonder if that is an actually a mutation? (that could be propagated by rooting cuttings or grafting)
Or was it induced by insects, fungi, virus etc.? (maybe not propagatable)
Or was it induced by insects, fungi, virus etc.? (maybe not propagatable)
It’s a great question and I have no idea what caused it. I didn’t get a close enough look. This is a repeat client and I expect to be back there the Spring for planting some new trees. I’ll try to get a closer look then.
evo
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- My Island, WA
Do you think it’s pathogen or perhaps a cracked twisted re-orientated limb ?This was almost impossible to catch on a gray day, but what I thought was a hanger for about 2 seconds ended up being a broom in a Maple, which is a species I’ve never seen exhibit this before. Not only a broom, but a coiled one that‘s probably 75% again as wide at the coil as it is way back at the branch collar. Hope they show enough…
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