Skeleton Tree
There are a growing number of trees dying in paddocks around Tasmania, and this one is in a tree graveyard in the Central Highlands is just a few kilometres from Great Lake. You would not think water would be an issue.
But, there is no evidence that fire has caused these tree deaths (and in fact we'll see the regenerative qualities of fire in my photos tomorrow). Salinity is not a problem in Tasmania as far as I know, although on the mainland of Australia rising levels of salinity is killing trees.
No, the problem here appears to be simply a lack of water under the ground to feed the root systems.
I've borrowed the title here from Aussie artist Nick Cave's superbly dark album "Skeleton Tree". But the lyrics of "Anthrocene" on the same album might be more appropriate:
Skeleton Tree
There are a growing number of trees dying in paddocks around Tasmania, and this one is in a tree graveyard in the Central Highlands is just a few kilometres from Great Lake. You would not think water would be an issue.
But, there is no evidence that fire has caused these tree deaths (and in fact we'll see the regenerative qualities of fire in my photos tomorrow). Salinity is not a problem in Tasmania as far as I know, although on the mainland of Australia rising levels of salinity is killing trees.
No, the problem here appears to be simply a lack of water under the ground to feed the root systems.
I've borrowed the title here from Aussie artist Nick Cave's superbly dark album "Skeleton Tree". But the lyrics of "Anthrocene" on the same album might be more appropriate: