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12th November 2016, 01:42 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Tree identification please.
Hello all, just wondering if someone could identify this tree for me? I have a free option on the tree once felled. It is in the Adelaide hills and is coming down to make way for a house extension in the future. Thank you Cal [emoji1]
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12th November 2016, 05:19 PM #2
The Tree.
Hi Cal,
It looks to be in the Elm group. The leaves tell me it could be Elm.Regards,
issatree.
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13th November 2016, 11:59 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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16th November 2016, 08:38 AM #4So that's how you change this field...
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I'd lean more heavily towards the Fraxinus family - looks a lot like the street trees near my old home, which I'm pretty sure were Ash trees (Franxinus Angustifolia). Tends to go an orange - deep russet colour in autumn, but not in a particularly spectacular way from what I saw. There is also the claret ash, which goes a burgundy colour in autumn (and is rather better looking).
Of note is that the cultivars I've seen around all had a habit of putting 30 - 40mm running roots out for miles around, total pain in the neck and had a tendency to break up paving/pathways etc. and ruin the grass. Also tend to spread from seed like weeds if it isn't one of the newer sterile versions.
This is a pretty big one compared to the ones I used to have near me, but they were planted in nearly solid (like modelling) clay and used to grow about as fast as a bonsai.
If i'm right, then it's good timber, provided you can get some reasonable rate of recovery out of the thing.
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16th November 2016, 09:19 PM #5Senior Member
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I am pretty sure that you will find that it is claret ash "Fraxinus raywoodii" as a general rool tree roots can spread 2-3 times the height of a tree or 4-7 times the drip zone of the tree.
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16th November 2016, 11:08 PM #6
A close up of a leaf would help.
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17th November 2016, 12:15 PM #7Novice
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Most definitely Claret Ash.
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17th November 2016, 04:21 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Wow! Thanks for your replies people! I won't be the one cutting it down when the time comes as I am a wood worker not a tree feller. The owners will be getting it down within the next 12 months to make way for their house extension. I dare say it is due to the root system mentioned. I am going back to the property this weekend to collect another Silky Oak so will take a shot of the leaves. The Silky Oak was left whole aside from limbs, I will ask if they can do the same with this one too.
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28th January 2017, 06:33 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Well the tree come down a week ago, collected it and milled it. Also got a small piece of blackwood. Still have Silky Oak to mill. Thanks for the information on chain set up in the sticky BobL, worked a treat!
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