Oaks growing on mounds are quite common round here on the more open farms lower in the valley. I'd assumed they were growing on rocky outcrops, and maybe they are, but I'll see them differently now. We have an interesting old oak, called Treebeard, at the edge of our front field. It's obviously been cut back a couple of times. The trunk is straight and clear up to about 6ft and then a circle of branches radiates out from it. The same pattern repeats itself 4 or 5 feet further up and then it grows up normally. I spent a lot of my childhood in an oak tree near our house when I was growing up.
Hi Doughty Louise. The oaks on mounds sound very similar. Treebeard sounds weird- there’s an interesting story contained in those growth patterns that I can’t read from a distance!
Oaks growing on mounds are quite common round here on the more open farms lower in the valley. I'd assumed they were growing on rocky outcrops, and maybe they are, but I'll see them differently now. We have an interesting old oak, called Treebeard, at the edge of our front field. It's obviously been cut back a couple of times. The trunk is straight and clear up to about 6ft and then a circle of branches radiates out from it. The same pattern repeats itself 4 or 5 feet further up and then it grows up normally. I spent a lot of my childhood in an oak tree near our house when I was growing up.
Hi Doughty Louise. The oaks on mounds sound very similar. Treebeard sounds weird- there’s an interesting story contained in those growth patterns that I can’t read from a distance!