Lol thanks, I’m an arborist and I was thinking everything I know about tree biology says this shouldn’t happen… but on the other hand trees are amazing so who knows.
I don't know if flipping one would work but there a tree at my in-laws that fell over after a storm, snapped at the base probably a good 6m tall thing, and last time a saw it it was growing branches upright along the trunk and looked like it had shot new roots down from the underside, so yer plausible at the least I think
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LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 58 pts · 1y
Is this actually true?
barf@vegantheoryclub.org · 75 pts · 1y
No it’s a camperdown elm. I looked it up.
Those do look like they’re growing upside down kinda, though.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 51 pts · 1y
Lol thanks, I’m an arborist and I was thinking everything I know about tree biology says this shouldn’t happen… but on the other hand trees are amazing so who knows.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 1y
What your favourite tree, and why? (Justifications can be as arbitrary as you want)
(I am craving of real tree content to replace this disappointingly false post)
Serinus@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Justifications can also be arbortrary
Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I like the Indian cork tree. Can grow tall or smol, great canopy, beautiful cone flowers with little penta petals, and smells wonderfully calming.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
Sorry I didn’t reply I got busy but check out the Tule tree: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/el-arbol-del-tule-tule-tree
I’m growing one in front of my house. I like to imagine someday it will grow similarly large.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 1y
Nope.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161101060819/http://old.ubyssey.ca/culture/discover-the-best-trees-on-campus-992/
KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 1y
RIP
Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 1y
Sadly no. It's called the upside down tree because it looks that way due to the way it was cultivated. https://web.archive.org/web/20161101060819/http://old.ubyssey.ca/culture/discover-the-best-trees-on-campus-992/
RedCarCastle@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 1y
I don't know if flipping one would work but there a tree at my in-laws that fell over after a storm, snapped at the base probably a good 6m tall thing, and last time a saw it it was growing branches upright along the trunk and looked like it had shot new roots down from the underside, so yer plausible at the least I think
Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Depends on the tree. A lot of palms that get topped due to high winds just die
RedCarCastle@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Yer for sure, I'd imagine it depend on all sorts of things
Seleni@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
No, although I wouldn’t put it past a mangrove or redwood to actually do this if we gave it a go.
Hmmm, do mangroves count as shrubs or bushes?