Southern Morton Bay
Posted: January 25th, 2010, 8:51 pm
I mentioned these trees in a previous thread. They are amazing trees but evn more amazing that they are growing on top of a hill at Beechworth in North East Victoria: Altitude about 500m, Winter temps down to 7 below most winters and occasional snow.
They appear to be Morton Bay figs and have been planted in the garden of a long gone house. Just a few trees left in the middle of a cow paddock. The largest tree is about 3m diameter at shoulder height. I measured the root spread at 36m across some of those buttress roots are 1m out of the ground and rise to shoulder height at the trunk.
They appear to be Morton Bay figs and have been planted in the garden of a long gone house. Just a few trees left in the middle of a cow paddock. The largest tree is about 3m diameter at shoulder height. I measured the root spread at 36m across some of those buttress roots are 1m out of the ground and rise to shoulder height at the trunk.
I often wonder If anyone's come close to replicating the root systems of those bigguns,maybe aligning the roots and trying fusion...I dunno...has anyone seen anything on a bench with THAT style of root formation?....Dog.