21-08-2005, 01:36 PM
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There is another tree on our patch that has a lot of it high up (way
out of reach even with a long ladder), I think I was once told it was
some sort of poplar ? Not the sort of poplar that I knew in my youth,
not the tall thin (Lombardy ?), a much more um open rounded fluttery
leaved thing, a 'tree' like tree ! (That sounds stoopid dont it !)
with a habbit of dropping the odd 2ft dia. stem onto the unwary from
time to time.
Aspen, probably.
Lombardy poplars are not a true variety of poplar, but are cultivated by
rooting cuttings from a branch of, IIRC, the black poplar, and the
cutting doesn't know it's not a branch any longer, and continues growing
straight up.
What trees are commonly adopted by mistletoe ?
The british variety will grow on quite a few, but mainly on fruit trees
- especially apple and apricot, but often can be found on poplar, ash,
sometimes on oak, and related species of all those mentioned. (Probably
a lot more...)
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