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No Botany This Week?
Iris,
I think the clue here is the habitat not the species. Trees growing in harsh climates are more likely to have injuries to the cambium which produce trees with only living strips of bark. Deserts and high altitudes are likely places for this to occur, but I have seen it in the odd tree in more temperate climates. There is a cherry tree not too many miles from here that has a wonderfully spiral bark produced by some sort of injury many years ago. Perhaps junipers and pines are just more likely to survive after the sort of massive injury that produces these bizarre trunks. I suspect that the susceptibility of the exposed wood to damaging rots is an important factor. Gene Newcomb in the temperate Willamette Valley of Oregon Iris Cohen wrote: OK, here's one. I was recently told that junipers differ from other trees in that pruning cuts never heal over the way they do on other trees. If there us a split in the bark, the live part of the tree will grow on one side, leaving the grotesque deadwood which is sought after by bonsai collectors. Why? What is the difference between the growth habits of junipers & other trees? Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so." Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), 1818-1885 |
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No Botany This Week?
I am dubious. Obviously trees in harsh climates are very vulnerable. They
often are few and far between, inviting damage from evil-doers. Also they grow slowly and will be slow to repair such damage. A durable heartwood (truewood to the Aussies) may help exposed parts in resisting rot. On the other hand the bristlecone pines do not have seem to have particularly durable heartwood. The way Iris phrased it concerned the entire genus Juniperus, which occurs all over the Northern hemisphere (and in montane Africa). Actually I find it hard to imagine that wounds in this genus would not close as in other trees, but I can not say I have any real experience with it. PvR Gene Newcomb schreef Iris, I think the clue here is the habitat not the species. Trees growing in harsh climates are more likely to have injuries to the cambium which produce trees with only living strips of bark. Deserts and high altitudes are likely places for this to occur, but I have seen it in the odd tree in more temperate climates. There is a cherry tree not too many miles from here that has a wonderfully spiral bark produced by some sort of injury many years ago. Perhaps junipers and pines are just more likely to survive after the sort of massive injury that produces these bizarre trunks. I suspect that the susceptibility of the exposed wood to damaging rots is an important factor. Gene Newcomb in the temperate Willamette Valley of Oregon Iris Cohen wrote: OK, here's one. I was recently told that junipers differ from other trees in that pruning cuts never heal over the way they do on other trees. If there us a split in the bark, the live part of the tree will grow on one side, leaving the grotesque deadwood which is sought after by bonsai collectors. Why? What is the difference between the growth habits of junipers & other trees? Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so." Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), 1818-1885 |
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