Bill
Going back to my original posting, I was talking about trees in close
proximity or overhanging highways and high usage areas. I have and always
will advocate retention of Ivy on trees away from such areas. That said, I'd
say I've left many thousands of trees with extensive Ivy in low usage areas,
woodland, copse, agricultural, hedgerows etc, because I appreciate their
wildlife habitat. I'm looking for a structured balance and I would be failing
in my duty of care if I were to ignore the potential for tree failure because
I hadn't included a detailed visual inspection. Ivy in some cases has simply
hampered my ability to do just that....
Cheers...
Paul Hawksford
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To: uktc@xxxxxx.tree-care.info
Subject: Re: Safety Inspections and Ivy/Undergrowth
From: andersonarb@xxxx.com
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 04:18:27 -0400
Bill, are you really saying that ivy on trees is a rarer and more valuable
habitat than a veteran or ancient tree? Or have I misunderstood "or vice
versa"?
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Muir <PaulMuir@xxxxxxxxxx.co.uk>
To: UK Tree Care <uktc@xxxxxx.tree-care.info>
Sent: Wed, 16 May 2012 19:53
Subject: RE: Safety Inspections and Ivy/Undergrowth
No of course not: The point I was trying (and failing) to make is that it's
not hard to find fairly young trees, say Sycamore in secondary woodland,
covered in Ivy where the opposite is true; the Ivy clearly increases the
value to biodiversity, even if it's just that the cover is better.... I
wasn't particularly thinking in terms of veteran trees Paul. I'd hope
(possibly in vain) that if we were inspecting trees in "hazard" terms that
any veterans would get ear-marked for further study, and hopefully some
funding for appropriate management, which might indeed be Ivy treatment.
I have to say a majority of the trees I get to inspect are entirely
average; I have been flagging up trees with veteran attributes since well
before the ATF was founded but the difficulty is (generally) getting joe
and joanna, Artichokes, planners and their ilk, to actually appreciate
them.
Sarah's original query gave the impression she was undertaking a large but
fairly hum-drum survey; I don't think it's appropriate to go round
severing/killing/removing Ivy for that purpose. Unless it is of course.
Bill.
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