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I love this tree's fight for survival

Posted: August 28th, 2013, 8:47 pm
by Josh
I went for a walk with my daughter last night and came across this tree. I love it's determination to survive.
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With all the rot and decay it still puts on a show.

Josh

Re: I love this tree's fight for survival

Posted: August 28th, 2013, 9:33 pm
by Newbie.mia
Wow what an amazing looking tree thanks for sharing.


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Re: I love this tree's fight for survival

Posted: August 28th, 2013, 9:39 pm
by MoGanic
Wow. Stunning.

Re: I love this tree's fight for survival

Posted: August 29th, 2013, 2:22 pm
by GavinG
Might be a single flowering cherry - great find! Very dynamic trunk, and wild waving branches.

Thanks for posting,

Gavin

Re: I love this tree's fight for survival

Posted: August 29th, 2013, 4:06 pm
by bodhidharma
What a great looking tree and what we aspire to capture in miniature.

Re: I love this tree's fight for survival

Posted: August 29th, 2013, 4:28 pm
by Josh
It has some awesome deadwood in it yet still pumps out flowers and keeps on going.
bodhidharma wrote:What a great looking tree and what we aspire to capture in miniature.
When I saw this Bodhi I first thought, imagine if that was in a pot but I still don't know if we can get something to look this realistic in a pot.

Josh

Re: I love this tree's fight for survival

Posted: August 29th, 2013, 6:38 pm
by Damian Bee
What a beauty :whistle:

Re: I love this tree's fight for survival

Posted: August 29th, 2013, 9:18 pm
by Hackimoto
Looks like one of the flowering pears to me. pyrus calleryana maybe. http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q ... kAWXoICgBg

Re: I love this tree's fight for survival

Posted: August 29th, 2013, 10:12 pm
by shibui
Those spines could well be Pyrus calleriana but though the leaves, though they are not very well defined yet, look a little more like plum from here. I have not seen an old specimen of P. calleriana but the bark does not look like the specimens I know either.
Possibly Prunus spinosa??? though I'm not sure what mature Prunus spinosa bark should look like either.