tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post8263689928461587699..comments2024-03-09T16:04:59.378+00:00Comments on Calderdale Wildlife: Oak Tree PollardsBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11118262782035356905noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-9468572245815327352014-11-16T11:57:27.537+00:002014-11-16T11:57:27.537+00:00That's a good observation Steve on the stilt r...That's a good observation Steve on the stilt roots on Ash. This seems to be quite a common occurrence on young Ash, particularly if they are growing in a damp place. Also if they are leaning, the lower part of the stem grows aerial roots as though ready for contact with the ground.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958943713830532172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-1475794911090864322014-11-15T22:41:16.039+00:002014-11-15T22:41:16.039+00:00That top one is an amazing tree, so full of charac...That top one is an amazing tree, so full of character.<br /><br />The other still looks butchered but as you implied it is a good way to maintain a tree. <br /><br />Some of the oldest trees in the country are thought to have been pollarded in their early mature years.<br /><br />I read that trees were also pollarded for fodder, especially elms, so animals couldn't get to the foliage till the farmers decided.<br /><br />I'm pollarding some small common ash in my garden to make "monster" trees for me and my grandkids. They have snaky trunks and as they germinated on a pile of rotting logs, wierdly exposed "stilt" rootsSteve Blacksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795912451617499115noreply@blogger.com