Today, more than four months since it fell, we decided to complete the water locust (Gleditsia aquatica) clean-up operation. Most of the mess was cleared away during the month of May. Over the summer, a very large section of the trunk remained wedged inside the yaupon holly on which the water locust had collapsed.
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| A section of the water locust trunk is pictured on the far right of the photograph. It had been resting in the yaupon holly shrub for several months. |
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this tree trunk was suspended off the ground, we are "stumped" as to
its current rotted condition. There are numerous mushrooms growing on
it. Why would a rot-resistant tree have rotted so quickly? |
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| A chainsaw was required to reduce the trunk to movable pieces. |
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| All cleaned up! The water locust is gone, which is sad, but the good news is that we have a young water locust to plant this winter. |
