Don't have a pic of that particular tree, sorry. It was a green ash though, defiantly right on that.
It was a very gnarly old guy. The spot where this happened was lower on the trunk where a small deadwood branch had been there for a while, while the girth of the trunk kept on going. I was defiantly surprised to see it happen, that why I took the pic i guess.
Thanks for letting me participate, this is fun stuff...
Hemlock WAS what I was thinking. The buried branch attachment with the black compost looking material... I've seen it in split hemlock before. Oh well, would've been wrong anyway LOL!
I'll give another quick one. This one I think should be easier and also a testament to the craziness that sometimes shows when guys with chainsaws have no idea what they are doing. Not that I'm the only one, but this is my competition in a small town...