It’s a silver beach. They are usually planted in front of grand estates and after 100 years, they have a huge crown and massive trunk. There’s no way this is coming back.
Comment on why bother?
NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Won’t most of the tree grow back after construction finishes? I’ve seen trees severely cut back and after a couple years it’s almost impossible to tell.
TheTaj@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Jajcus@kbin.social 10 months ago
That depends on tree species and damage.
Willow tree would probably survive that without a problem, most other trees won't. Some could be saved with appropriate protective measures, like trimming the roots.agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 10 months ago
It will take literally decades to grow back to its old glory.
Besides, given how poorly the construction workers treated the tree so far, I guess they won’t act gently in the soil and probably damage roots or compress the ground too much.
Erk@cdda.social 10 months ago
Flip, I’ve been cutting down a willow in my front yard annually. Each year it seems to grow back about twice as fast. I enjoy our little game.
BobKerman3999@feddit.it 10 months ago
This tree is dead. The roots are too big since they were sized for the full crown and they will rot. Source: i like trees
Doxin@yiffit.net 10 months ago
That hella depends on the kind of tree. Just had a 9 meter hazelnut tree in my back yard cut down to about one meter. Not a leaf left on the thing. Couple months later and it’s already back to two meters with a lot of leaves on it. it’s expected to be back to about 6 meters next year.
Try that with e.g. an oak though and it’ll not go as well.
Magrath@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Not exactly true. A couple of trees got chopped down in the park just in the other side of my fence. New trees starting sprouting all over my lawn from the root. I left a couple grow in and they’ve been growing at least a couple feet each year.