Thread: tree found at home

I'd reckon one of those branches on the ground was sitting on it for a while.

probably make a good dunny seat

has some one many years ago tied the branch in a loop ????

One of the mysteries of life in the bush.

no mate this tree would be no more than 8 years old and nobody has been mucking around back in there in that time.
its the main trunk of the tree it has done a complete loop ,and the dead mountain gum sucker on the ground has only been down for a year or 2 at most it fell victim to my nuffield tractor when i drove through there dragging some dead pigs away .
i should of taken a side shot aswell 90 degrees from where i took those pics

It's been listening to political debates!

Perhaps it's a new species of timber Loop pine

never thought of that , or special self turning wood

Hi Texx
I think that you and the Nuffield may have caused the fononem your tree has, when yo knocked that tree over a fork went either side of the then young pine sapling it probably wasnt much higher than the circle.Then or at a later time the forked sapling has rolled or turned maybe only 90 degrees trapping the fine flexible top of the pine sapling pointing the tip a little bit past six o'clock the tip then headed skywards again and the growth was in the vertical position again thats my theory anyway.

cheers Tony

I'm with the branch theory, down this way the indigenous tribes used to tie or twist 2 saplings together in a certain way to mark their territory boundaries & they would grow up with a big hole between 2 different joined trees.
regards inter

i have seen a similar thing a number of times in pinus crudiata where for seemingly no reason it has done something similar or decided to all of a sudden grow in a prostrate manner and has decided to start growing downwards instead of upwards.

A copper deficiency can make pine trees twist, spiral and loop, low boron also makes trees throw multiple crowns.
It is one of the issues that the pine plantation growers must keep on top of. I have seen pictures with "double loops" (Think of a merino ram horn.) and even a great hat stand made out of one. The aim is for a tall straight logging tree with one main leader, so the grower gets maximum yield in terms of housing grade lumber, and poles for the younger thinned trees. Twisted trees such as yours pictured are only good for chipping/pulping and the return in terms of $/tonne is much much less.

In the southern states we are just coming to the end of the sampling season, and I'm up to my eyeballs in pine needles, and gum leaves!!


Ron

a bit further down the hill from me , maybe 1,200 to 1,400 meters away is a paddock known locally as the copper mine paddock because it was once the site of a copper mine.
having said that though i know it does not mean there is plenty of copper in my soil , my old grandad back in the UK fixed poor soil for a farmer by telling him to spread some lime on the soil the farmer thought he was mad because he said under this soil is solid lime stone , but grandad said yep but the plants are growing on the top not 20 foot down anyway he did a trial patch with some lime and it fixed his soil even with all the lime further down .
i am sure i remember dad saying we are short of quite a few minerals on our place just cant remember what they are off the top of my head .