A 400 Year Old Oak Tree's Time Has Come

[Iron Woode]

There is a 400 year old oak tree in the annexed town of Lambeth just southwest of London. Unfortunately, the tree is nearly dead and all efforts to save it have failed.

The residents are sad to see it happen. That tree lived through a lot of history, both local and national.

Mighty 300- to 400-year-old Lambeth oak nearly dead, destined to come down

It might have started from an acorn around the time the French created a colonial outpost in 1608 that became Quebec City.

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[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I have 3 oaks that size, maybe larger, but I have no way of knowing their age.

 

[lxskllr]

That's too bad. That was a nice looking tree. My black oak was ~300yr old when it fell. That's what I liked most about this property. Got me into doing treework though, so it wasn't a total loss I guess.

 

[highland145]

@Iron Woode time to call the local woodworkers. Had a local one that the guys were ecstatic to make furniture out of.

 

[Iron Woode]

@Iron Woode time to call the local woodworkers. Had a local one that the guys were ecstatic to make furniture out of.

time will tell what they decide to do with it.

 

[IronWing]

Was paving around the tree part of the effort to save it?

 

[highland145]

Here, they destroy concrete like a rich guy and a line of $2 whores. We have a lot of walls that have been built around them.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Oh man that's too bad. That's older than the country, crazy to think the history it's been through. Trees that old are quite a rarity now days.

I have a tree (not even sure what type it is tbh) in my front yard that might be on it's way out too.

Cracking right down the middle, does not look as bad in the pic but I can put my finger pretty far in there.



I bought some threaded rod and big washers, when I'm off work I'll be going to pickup some drill extensions someone is lending me and I'll drill a couple holes through it and try to force it back together. I don't think I'll be able to save it but I figure it's worth a try.

If I do cut it, then I'll be able to put solar panels on the front part of the roof, so guess there is a silver lining. 😛 Solar panels on a roof don't work that great here though, so I might not bother but if I can find a way to automate the snow removal and get that to work I can always try it.

 

[BudAshes]

Some of the trees down the road from me have a millennium on that oak.

 

[pcgeek11]

That's no Oak...

This is an Oak Tree:

Angel Oak - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[highland145]

Local

 

[brianmanahan]

oh i thought this was in real london at first

 

[deadlyapp]

Oh man that's too bad. That's older than the country, crazy to think the history it's been through. Trees that old are quite a rarity now days.

I have a tree (not even sure what type it is tbh) in my front yard that might be on it's way out too.

Cracking right down the middle, does not look as bad in the pic but I can put my finger pretty far in there.



I bought some threaded rod and big washers, when I'm off work I'll be going to pickup some drill extensions someone is lending me and I'll drill a couple holes through it and try to force it back together. I don't think I'll be able to save it but I figure it's worth a try.

If I do cut it, then I'll be able to put solar panels on the front part of the roof, so guess there is a silver lining. 😛 Solar panels on a roof don't work that great here though, so I might not bother but if I can find a way to automate the snow removal and get that to work I can always try it.

Pretty sure drilling a hole through a tree and putting a foreign material in it isn't going to "Save" the tree.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Pretty sure drilling a hole through a tree and putting a foreign material in it isn't going to "Save" the tree.

Read the section on bracing:

Cabling and Bracing - Arbormax Tree Service

The old saying “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link” can be true for trees as well. A tree is only as strong as its weakest union. An overwhelming majority of trunk, branch and crown failures are associated with a weak area at the point of failure. Include bark, co-dominant stems and […]

www.arbormaxtree.com

 

[lxskllr]

I've read some that question whether or not cabling's the right thing to do. It's been supposed that the tree becomes reliant on the support structure, and as the trunk further deteriorates, it leads to catastrophic failure because the supported canopy is artificially stronger than the base. That doesn't apply much to Squirrel's tree, but it goes along with my general philosophy. I figure trees know how to care for themselves, and only "need" pruning to suit human interests.

 

[Artorias]

Is it possible to take a part of the tree and replant it in the same spot?

 

[Iron Woode]

Is it possible to take a part of the tree and replant it in the same spot?

cloning the tree? I have no idea.

 

[Iron Woode]

oh i thought this was in real london at first

we are the only London in Canada and it is named after the one in England.

 

[brianmanahan]

we are the only London in Canada and it is named after the one in England.

i am not sure if london ohio is named after the canada one or the england one

i drove through london ohio once and it wasn't that great, i like the england london a lot better

one of these years i'll visit the canada london, it looks nice

last year i was in hamilton, so i was closer than i thought

 

[Iron Woode]

i am not sure if london ohio is named after the canada one or the england one

i drove through london ohio once and it wasn't that great, i like the england london a lot better

one of these years i'll visit the canada london, it looks nice

last year i was in hamilton, so i was closer than i thought

There are 11 Londons in North America.

 

[Spacehead]

RIP mighty oak 🙁

Is it possible to take a part of the tree and replant it in the same spot?

If it were up to me i'd be looking for a different species to put in that spot, if anything at all. Plant something that won't grow so tall & interfere with the sidewalk.

 

[kage69]

Makes me sad to see old trees go, especially something as cool as a gigantic bur oak. They really should use it to make something for the town of Lambeth, then think about furniture.

Trees that old on the East Coast, they probably make Black Locust look plentiful

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Was paving around the tree part of the effort to save it?

Everything was done to save it. EVERYTHING.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

If it were up to me i'd be looking for a different species to put in that spot, if anything at all. Plant something that won't grow so tall & interfere with the sidewalk.

There's something really sad about this statement.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Pretty sure drilling a hole through a tree and putting a foreign material in it isn't going to "Save" the tree.

The idea is to brace it together. Kinda like tension cables in concrete. In nature this tree would eventually break naturally, this is meerly trying to see if you can get it going longer.

Oddly enough my birch in the back does not seem to be doing all that great either... bad year for trees here lol. My neighbour just had 2 big trees cut down too. The whacky weather we get now days is starting to wreck havoc on the seasonal cycle of trees and even animals I think. Saw canada goose going south the other day. Everything is confused.