Dog walker films winds lifting forest floor in Scotland

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• TIN@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That looks so strange, I thought the tree roots would go deeper and anchor it all

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I suppose some trees might have very shallow roots.

    In arid areas of California, plants need deep roots to get enough water.

    Scotland is rainy and that particular place might be a bog or something where they have no need to go down.

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  • frazorth@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There doesn’t appear to be any soil for the roots to go into.

    My assumption would be that it’s a relatively new forest, the ground that was there previously has been removed, perhaps for peat, or burnt as part of forest clearing, and these trees planted on it. These things are standing because the roots are now intertwined like a giant mat.

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• Hogger85b@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Worried dog would get caught under the tree uprighting

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  • Mr_Smiley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah was my first thought too! Was worried it was going to have its last bark…

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• DeskP1loti@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Now that’s what I call aeration.

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• EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “I am the Lorax, I speak for the tre… oh nevermimd, they got this”

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