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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 58 points 1 year ago
[-] barf@vegantheoryclub.org 77 points 1 year ago

No it’s a camperdown elm. I looked it up.

Those do look like they’re growing upside down kinda, though.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 53 points 1 year ago

Lol thanks, I’m an arborist and I was thinking everything I know about tree biology says this shouldn’t happen… but on the other hand trees are amazing so who knows.

[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 year ago

What your favourite tree, and why? (Justifications can be as arbitrary as you want)

(I am craving of real tree content to replace this disappointingly false post)

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Justifications can also be arbortrary

[-] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I like the Indian cork tree. Can grow tall or smol, great canopy, beautiful cone flowers with little penta petals, and smells wonderfully calming.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sorry I didn’t reply I got busy but check out the Tule tree: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/el-arbol-del-tule-tule-tree

I’m growing one in front of my house. I like to imagine someday it will grow similarly large.

[-] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago

Sadly no. It's called the upside down tree because it looks that way due to the way it was cultivated. https://web.archive.org/web/20161101060819/http://old.ubyssey.ca/culture/discover-the-best-trees-on-campus-992/

[-] RedCarCastle@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago

I don't know if flipping one would work but there a tree at my in-laws that fell over after a storm, snapped at the base probably a good 6m tall thing, and last time a saw it it was growing branches upright along the trunk and looked like it had shot new roots down from the underside, so yer plausible at the least I think

[-] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on the tree. A lot of palms that get topped due to high winds just die

[-] RedCarCastle@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Yer for sure, I'd imagine it depend on all sorts of things

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

No, although I wouldn’t put it past a mangrove or redwood to actually do this if we gave it a go.

Hmmm, do mangroves count as shrubs or bushes?

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