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General Forestry => Forestry and Logging => Topic started by: Rhodemont on October 05, 2020, 01:00:13 PM
As if the gypsy moths have not killed enough of my oaks now the drought combined with a nor'east wind took out more of the fully leafed out healthy ones.
Found this one yesterday while going for a walk. The trunk on the backside of that root mass is about 30 inch diameter and as straight as any white I have. Hard to believe that thin root mass on top of the clay and stone can hold up a tree that size at all. (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/45188/IMG_1316.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1601916339)
Common sight on shallow clay over rock, after a rainy/windy period. After a certain size i think its bound to happen here. Very rare to see a monster pecker pole crumbling away in the SE like in the northeast. But very common to find nice thin weathered fieldstone around old turned up rootballs on a steep hillside. I scan for ancient lumps and bathtub holes when im looking for rock. Tree is long gone and the rock is beautiful.