Ryan: I have seen branches on pin oaks and other species where the bark was scraped off around part of the branch by hail, or falling branches from bigger trees, or being chewed by squirrels, when the branch was small (around an inch in diameter), followed by closing the wound, resulting in some included bark from the callous tissue as it rolls in from both sides and meets in the middle. This might end up looking like your first picture when the branch is examined years later.
Lee Ryan McEwan wrote: > ENTS: > > I have been splitting up a large pin oak that is on my lot that I had > felled to create fire wood for this winter. I have attached a couple > of pictures of branch attachments that were unvailed by my wedges! > > Mostly I took the pictures because I thought it was pretty. But, > there might be something else here- one looks like a case where the > branch attachment has included bark, the other is a lateral where the > branch is nicely integrated into the main stem. Or maybe that is my > imagination. > > just for fun > > ryan > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
