The way trees move on to their next job in the forest is slow & subtle. But the details can be dramatic up close. Stained by weather & time, unrepeatable except in that crucible of exposure.
Arborjet Plugs
Two photos of injection sites, two years at at re-inoculation time in the rocky hills outside of Quakertown… one with good closure, one with good closure but pushing the plug out ahead of woundwood.
This Week in Bark
I stop frequently to check patches of maturing bark in hardwood stands near my house. Close inspection through a lens reveals so much activity.
No seriously, THIS is a Grape vine
Pealing back the layers of a hedgerow over the Winter. It is a seasonal repetition that never gets old. Always looking back in time to what context of trees and system used to be there…sort of a path of discovery in Bucks County. Very small clues, very infrequently offered up…
Mulberry !
Christmas gifts using firewood from a removal a year or two ago…sooo orange with Linseed as a finish.
This is a Grape vine.
Wolf Swamp Maple in the background that needed some help…notice the lower torn lead.
That’s not a Grape Vine…
Hedgerow maintenance this week in Washington Crossing working through Black Cherry, Walnut, & Red Elm…
Real Long term effects of Sandy
Impact on the canopy in Maplewood Park’s woods, for years to come. A break in the shade is normal. This is an opportunity for the woods to be fruitful. This is a 100 yard x 100 yard rift that unfortunately will fill in with Honeysuckle (Lonicera jap.) & Burning Bush…
Rainbow Eucalyptus?
It’s the cap of that Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) pealed back with a scrub plane wide open…mixed staining from branch woundwood & water exposure. That last shot had such a linear contrast pattern like the gum down under.