Trees that fell but didn't die

[shibafu]

Out walking at the weekend, I came across two fine examples of why when a tree falls over, the council doesn't necessarily need to immediately send out a man with a chainsaw to finish it off.

This tree fell a long time ago. At least 4 big branches have continued to grow straight up and are around 20 metres tall now.


This tree fell across a stream, and someone has woven the living branches together, presumably over several years, to make a handrail for a living bridge.


The flip side: a tree that died but didn't fall. Still a good look-out for a crow.


I also stumbled across this bit of field woodwork:

Any thoughts on what it is - just a bench with an end table for your beer, or does it have some more specific purpose? Maybe someone here recognises the handiwork!

 

[Zingmo]

This reminds me I need to visit the wood again where I have been weaving a living hazel bower - since about 2019!

Z

 

[shibafu]

This reminds me I need to visit the wood again where I have been weaving a living hazel bower - since about 2019!

Please come back with pictures!

 

[Laurentius]

I know a few trees like that, trees that have grown horizontally and then back upwards.

 

[Pattree]

Sometime in the seventies Liverpool Parks department were laying down branches of redwood to produce screens and backdrops for beds in urban parks.

 

[Tony]

That bridge tree with hand rail is cool

 

[Ozmundo]

Reminded a fallen Lime tree that continued to sprout vertical limbs for many years. Used to camp there as a child often. Still one of my favorite tree varieties.

 

[Pattree]

I’ve seen lime logs sprouting leaves in a wood turners shed.

I find it fascinating that when you get a clump of regen like that, the overall profile still resembles the tree.