Do you agree with Council decision?

James Taylor

Had applied to have this Eucalyptus saligna removed which is on council land outside our car park entrance they agreed and then a month or two later decided the tree should stay for a while and be monitored. apparently the tree has been assessed to be in a stable condition and in reasonable health and vigourand has low to moderate levels of dieback

I don't feel it's going to fail at the moment as there is little sign of decay and very little loading on the branches due to the lack of foliage, i can accept that they may wait a while to remove it because they are possibly too busy! but this tree is not in a state of reasonable health and vigour and to say it has low to moderate levels of dieback when it has no leaves seems a bit odd to me why wait to remove it, it isn't going to suddenly get better.







what do you guys think?

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Gunslinger

Here's a simple question, what is a "council"? Does it relate directly to something we have here in the states?

Here we have: Country>State>County>City>Town, would it relate to any of those?

James Taylor

a council is the local governing body which governs over a town or city, some councils govern over areas that may include more than one town they generally make decisions on local infrastructure and other aspects of community life.

Gunslinger

Thanks. That word pops up a lot and I was missing the actual meaning.

Eric Frei

It's putting on it's final flush ... note the epi's starting to grow on the limbs, this ones has major root damage, looking at the spot it is in I say it aint going to get better either.

Get ya makita out and drill it right in the guts ... or grab a core sample, be a good exercise.

Jeez, a E saligna and E tereticornis look almost the same.

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Bob Tooley

Although 'tree health' isn't always synonymous with ' tree beauty', my concern would be with the base scar. The scar is on the side away from the fence in the background and, if and when it does break over, it will be right toward that fence. Even if the tree fully recovered covering over the scar and leafing out heavily, that now built-in weakness will 'always' be there and the direction of fall toward the fence will be the same. If the tree fails due to trunk weakness, it's going to be a lot more expensive to repair the localized damage caused then it would cost for a 'controlled removal'......

Bob Tooley

After posting the above reply, I should point out the deadwood is the 'visual' origin of weakness, but since it can't be compressed when weight is shifted over it, it can break from over-stretching when the weight shifts away from it... almost the complete opposite of what might generally be the expected direction of fall unless the physics laws are applied correctly...and where percentages of good and bad wood determine the outcome... In tree-terms...the weakened deadwood area is basically the 'back cut', and the living wood, having flexibility for both stretch and compression, becomes the front or 'hinge cut'..