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| PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
Posts: 1,671
| WOW love the swamp pics never seen cypress swamp before very similar to some mangrove species with the little aerial roots, I love mangroves so thankyou for posting those shots something for me to chase up tonight....cypress swamp![]()
__________________ Sean ![]() Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran |
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: ohio
Posts: 201
| Yes Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum getting to be a well used in my area . They are even being used in new street tree planting .I really love what the Arboretum has done with this swamp this year they just put in new decking I think it looks great . |
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| PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
Posts: 1,671
| You know its funny (or is to me) that swamp and mangrove species have been overlooked for so long as possible solutions to our problematic urban areas, with their crap soils and high compaction levels...I prob come off a bit manic about it but I absolutely love the whole Barringtonia family, tough as and many have beautiful (if short lived ) flowers. Melaleuca is another family of absolute belters, will grow right up against the kerb and put up with 5/10yr root carving as part of kerb replacement. Its common sense that trees that have evolved to survive and thrive in such inhospitable environs would be worth a look at for tricky spots in our cities...not all of them of course physical dimensions permitting.
__________________ Sean ![]() Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran |
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| PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
Posts: 1,671
| Yes I know that tree quite well at the gardens but I've never seen the pneumatophores before, and I hadn't realised the similarities of the ecosystems cypress swamp and mangroves, well maybe had but it just didn't click in ky head, when I saw those photos "ping" lightbulb goes off. ![]()
__________________ Sean ![]() Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran |
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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| Messy buggers to cut down those swampies but it's like slicing butter and great for one handing as they're light. ![]()
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