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Posted by Paul_ z4/5 MI (My Page) on Sat, May 28, 05 at 23:25
Seems to me that it might have been
Near the top, looks a bit like scorched areas
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Maybe the lightening (if in fact it was lightening) caused the trilliums, mentioned in your other post, to change colors?
I'm just kidding, but wouldn't that be something if it were true? |
RE: lightning struck tree?
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| Lightning struck a 50-ft white pine at our cottage last year and killed it, alas. The damage looks much like your photo. Apparently the electricity runs down the trunk to the earth and, in so doing, super-heats the water, sap, pine resin inside and causes the tree to explode from the inside out. We had debris scattered for 20 ft. The tree didn't fall, but it's completely dead and we will have to take it out. *sigh* It was my favourite tree to climb when I was a little boy -- the branches were like a ladder and I could stand near the top and sway gently in the wind, loving the view for miles around. |
RE: lightning struck tree?
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| Keep an eye on the base area over time -- Morel mushrooms *LOVE* scorched, woody areas -- you might just get lucky and be blessed with an unexpected crop (or you could order spores & try to start one yourself...)! |
RE: lightning struck tree?
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- Posted by Paul_ z4/5 MI (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 11, 05 at 23:26
| Ah, I feel your pain andy. It's sad when an old tree gets struck down. REally mag? Well that does give me something to check out! Haven't had a morel in years .... literally. |
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