Weekend Wind Damage

Monday, November 28th 2011

After the strong winds over the weekend, it was not a surprise to come in to work this morning to find several wind blown trees.  Over 16 larch, as well as fir, willow and holly have been knocked over in the clear fell area towards the top end of the lake.  With the sitka spruce now gone from this area it faces the full force of the wind whipping off the moorland, and with shallow root plates it was not unexpected to see the larch had been thrown over!

The size of the root plates on the larch below show just how shallow these trees root, one of the main reasons they are rarely found as an individual tree.

Up in the woodland however, the damage was much less with only three trees along the paths having been affected.  The alder below was already showing signs of rot in the trunk before it fell.

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