Wrong - older eucalypts always rot in the core. Known to loggers as
'mudguts' because of the material within. Once they have a clean
inner void they are stronger (a tube is stronger than a rod) and
provide a habitat for birds, possums and bats. That's a very poor
assessment of relative strength and health.
I know where there are some fine old exotic redwoods around here -
don't think we'll pull them out just because they drop a bit of
litter and might fall over sometime in the next hundred years or so.
Harrumph!
Would love to get rid of all the wretched Monterey Pines thought (P.
radiata).
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 23/05/2008, at 6:45 PM, Moose wrote:
> Yup, and as above, was in the wrong place. In the back yard, they left
> the young, healthy ones and took out a couple of old ones. The
> arborist
> said he is concerned about other huge old ones in that canyon, as the
> ones he took out were rotten at the core.
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