Fred Voorhees
02-09-2005, 6:49 PM
Now mind you, I'm not even sure that "burl" would be the right terminology for this huge thing on this tree - though I'm pretty sure that that is what we would call it. I'm sure someone can inform me what we would call such a thing.
I have known about this growth on this tree for probably fifteen to twenty years. I had rode past it on a back road numerous times on my way to and from different work locations and it has always seemed to be this size. I always wanted to snap a picture of it and today I finally did. I hadn't seen it in quite a while and wondered if it was even still there. But, riding up the road today, I saw it when I was still maybe 100 yards away!
I set my digital camera on the timer setting so that I could get over to it and pose with it to give it some scale. I also took a quick measurement and it almost tops out at nearly six feet across.
I am also not sure what species of tree it is and would be interested in someone telling me what they think about the species. I'm sorry to say that today I saw the first evidence that the tree is well on its way out. As you can see in the one picture, the upper reaches of the tree look as though rot has set in and it is well on its way to dieing. Also, on the opposite side of the burl in the picture, it is exibiting obvious signs of rotting away. Pity because I can only imagine what beautiful things could be possibly created with the wild grain structure inside.
I have known about this growth on this tree for probably fifteen to twenty years. I had rode past it on a back road numerous times on my way to and from different work locations and it has always seemed to be this size. I always wanted to snap a picture of it and today I finally did. I hadn't seen it in quite a while and wondered if it was even still there. But, riding up the road today, I saw it when I was still maybe 100 yards away!
I set my digital camera on the timer setting so that I could get over to it and pose with it to give it some scale. I also took a quick measurement and it almost tops out at nearly six feet across.
I am also not sure what species of tree it is and would be interested in someone telling me what they think about the species. I'm sorry to say that today I saw the first evidence that the tree is well on its way out. As you can see in the one picture, the upper reaches of the tree look as though rot has set in and it is well on its way to dieing. Also, on the opposite side of the burl in the picture, it is exibiting obvious signs of rotting away. Pity because I can only imagine what beautiful things could be possibly created with the wild grain structure inside.