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Tree roots information for various species
Hi,
Before I take a saw to 3 trees growing over a 6" shared sewer on my land, are there any good tree data books anyone can recommend which indicate how pervasive (spread) and deep roots of various species tend to go? eg I have one tree of a species I don't know which must come down because its 4" trunk is about to crack the wall of a drain pit. Small tree so easy enough... But I also have an Ash and an apple tree of some sort right over the drain pipe further down, which runs about 3-4 foot under the surface. So I need to make an intelligent decision as to whether either is a risk. I'm also interested in the potential spread - having just had an almighty (probably) leylandii (or some sort of fast growing evergreen) felled at some expense - it was within 2m of the house dropping bits into the gutters and I later found roots about 2" thick heading towards the rather insubstantial foundations. Based on the root-spread = branch span rule of thumb, I came out of it rather well as I would have expected worse. So I feel I need to start understanding trees a bit more! ;- Many thanks for any pointers. Cheers Tim -- Tim Watts Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer. |
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