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Dublin City - Official Policy For Removal of Trees - Trees are removed only when necessary as a last resort.
The criteria for tree removal are:
1 The tree is dead, dying or is considered hazardous due to its poor structural or biological condition,. Hazardous conditions may exist above and/or below ground and may include significant root, trunk or crown decay, split trunks and crotches, and large dead limbs.
2 The tree has declined beyond the point of recovery and is no longer meeting the functional or aesthetic requirements of a street tree. Typically, a tree with 30 percent or less of its foliage remaining would meet this criterion.
3 Fatally diseased trees (eg. Ash dieback, Fireblight Disease) may be removed before they reach the primary threshold in order to prevent the spread of disease to healthy trees.
4 To allow space for development of nearby trees that may be more desirable for retention
5 To allow space for new planting
6 To make way for any approved engineering or building works when unavoidable construction work will immediately compromise the stability or viability of the tree.
7 Tree proven to be causing significant structural damage that cannot be reasonably addressed by an alternative solution and proactive tree management has had no mitigating effect.
8 To abate actionable nuisance
9 The trunk of the tree is within 2m of a public lighting column and the long term viability of the tree if retained in its location would be compromised by a requirement for ongoing maintenance in order to maintain the effectiveness of the adjoining street light.
If a site where a tree was removed is suitable to support a new tree, the site may be replanted with a suitable tree species. Because the stump has to be placed on a stump removal list and sufficient time needs to elapse to allow breakdown of residual underground root material, the
process from removal to replanting may take up to 3-5 years. Replacement tree planting will only take place during the dormant season.
Lazy one light kinda day.
Info:
Radiopopper PX
2x Canon 580exII
580ex mounted side by side to simulate one light source. Sun provided rim light.
Angel Oak is a Southern live oak located in Angel Oak Park on Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina. The tree is believed to be around 400 years old.
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500-year old oak tree on a peninsula in lake Parsteiner See in Brandenburg, Germany
Der Pehlitzwerder im Parsteiner See ist eine von uralten Linden, Eichen und Wildbirnen dominierte Halbinsel im Brodowiner Land. Im 13. Jahrhundert gründeten Zisterziensermönche am höchsten Punkt der Insel das Kloster Mariensee, dessen Spuren heute noch zu sehen sind. Man entschied sich dann aber für den Ausbau des Klosters Chorin (Meisterwerk der märkischen Backsteingotik) 10km westlich; Mariensee wurde nie fertiggestellt.
Der landschaftliche Reiz des Ortes und seine geschichtsträchtige Vergangenheit beeindruckten schon Theodor Fontane. Über seinen Besuch auf der "Ziegeninsel" – wie der Pehlitzwerder damals noch genannt wurde – und die Geschichte des Klosters Mariensee erzählt er im Teil 3 seiner "Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg".
Heute ist der Ort Teil des Biosphärenreservats Schorfheide-Chorin.
Der knorrige Baum im Bild ist die älteste Stieleiche auf Pehlitzwerder. Ihr Alter wird auf 500 Jahre geschätzt, Stammumfang: 6,80 m!
Ein weiterer toller Baum dort, die "Ohrenlinde":
The cemetery, established in 1874, is terraced into the hillside on the north end of what remains of Gardiner, Oregon, on Old Highway 101. Most of the headstones are quite old and some are struggling with the elements and the passage of time. These gravestones belong, for the most part, to the early pioneers of the area. Steep cement paths lead visitors to the graves of founding citizens and their descendants, children who never made it to adulthood due to the rigors of pioneer life, and others can be found there.
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Waipoua Forest,North Island NZ
Agathis australis - New Zealand Kauri,Kauri,Southern Kauri
Family : Araucariaceae
At between 2000 and 3000 years old Te Matua Ngahere is the 2nd Largest Agathis australis -(Southern Kauri) in New Zealand and effectively - the world, having the
biggest Kauri girth of - 16.41m and the 2nd biggest trunk volume - 208.1Cubic Metres. Compared to the tallest Kauri,it is just over half Tane Mahuta's
height - 29.9m (Trunk Height - 10.21m.)
Although not as tall as Tane Mahuta (51.5m) "Lord of the Forest", Te Matua Ngahere "Father of the Forest" is much broader and stouter.
At 208.1 Cubic Metres compared to Tane Mahuta's massive volume of 244.5 cubic metres Te Matua Ngahere is second in overal size to Tane Mahuta.
Te Matua Ngahere suffered serious crown damage in 2007 after a storm.
Storm takes centre of Te Matua Ngahere
Regretably in recent times New Zealand's iconic Agathis australis trees are in trouble from an introduced pathogenic fungus called Phytophthora - left unchecked it has the potential to wipe the species out.
This is an amazing must read article which details the sad history of Australia's tallest trees
It is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures.
~ Ally Condie
A wooden swing tied to an old tree, a parked bicycle waiting to be ridden along the dusty roads of the town. Aren't they good enough to trigger your memories from the past? Those wonderful nostalgic memories still fresh and green somewhere deep in the mind!
Nostalgic Memories | Pasumayana Ninaivugal | Yaadgaar Lamhe
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Old trees photographed at Babbacombe Cliff Top Gardens in February © Nicky Scholnick 2015.
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This aged fallen willow must once have been a huge, majestic tree, but now lies in ruins, trailing its limbs for many metres across the ground.
THIS MEDIUM ...PEN & INK,... WAS MY FIRST LOVE...:)
This was done on 140 wt Strathmore Watercolor paper, because I had intended to do a WC wash over it....however decided I liked it with just the Ink.
The inking was done entirely with a Micron 01 pen.
Dublin City - Official Policy For Removal of Trees - Trees are removed only when necessary as a last resort.
The criteria for tree removal are:
1 The tree is dead, dying or is considered hazardous due to its poor structural or biological condition,. Hazardous conditions may exist above and/or below ground and may include significant root, trunk or crown decay, split trunks and crotches, and large dead limbs.
2 The tree has declined beyond the point of recovery and is no longer meeting the functional or aesthetic requirements of a street tree. Typically, a tree with 30 percent or less of its foliage remaining would meet this criterion.
3 Fatally diseased trees (eg. Ash dieback, Fireblight Disease) may be removed before they reach the primary threshold in order to prevent the spread of disease to healthy trees.
4 To allow space for development of nearby trees that may be more desirable for retention
5 To allow space for new planting
6 To make way for any approved engineering or building works when unavoidable construction work will immediately compromise the stability or viability of the tree.
7 Tree proven to be causing significant structural damage that cannot be reasonably addressed by an alternative solution and proactive tree management has had no mitigating effect.
8 To abate actionable nuisance
9 The trunk of the tree is within 2m of a public lighting column and the long term viability of the tree if retained in its location would be compromised by a requirement for ongoing maintenance in order to maintain the effectiveness of the adjoining street light.
If a site where a tree was removed is suitable to support a new tree, the site may be replanted with a suitable tree species. Because the stump has to be placed on a stump removal list and sufficient time needs to elapse to allow breakdown of residual underground root material, the
process from removal to replanting may take up to 3-5 years. Replacement tree planting will only take place during the dormant season.
I am never happy about trees being cut down but in this instance I do not know the full story and may never do so.
Having read the news about the petition I decided to visit Fairview to see what the fuss was about and also it was a good excuse to visit the area.
According to one local that I spoke to the City Council is planning to remove about fifty trees in order to make way for a new cycle path but a second lady explained that as the trees will be replaced by the Corpo [Dublin City Council] she was not interested in the petition.
As the planting began in 1906 some of the trees are over a hundred years old and according to the City Council officials some of the older trees are distressed because of restricted growing space and need to be felled regardless of their plans for a cycleway.
On the main Fairview road there is a large number of trees marked with yellow bands and I assume that these are the trees destined for the chop. However, according to some online accounts it is the trees along the park’s main footpath that are under threat. I think that some reports have used stock photographs of random trees in the park.
By the way the Irish Times are not in favour of the petition see: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fairview-trees-row-shows-why-d...