subject WarrenPathPetition-Arcadia, For the attention of Sue Bowers, Clare Henderson (Arcadia) tree report
report from Transportation Arborist for Surrey County Council
on condition of tree 23 on arcadia proposal file:
To: een#ukonline.co.uk
Subject: Re: Fwd: recovering?scorched tree
Ian
I have attempted to put together a report for you
this morning,..
What I can say is that the tree is this Sycamore
you have sent photographs of appears to be of normal
vitality. It is near to a much larger Ash tree, that has
suppressed crown spread of the Sycamore in a north
and west direction. The Height of this tree is between
6 to 8m with a crown spread of 3 to 4m, biased
towards a south and eastwards direction.
Some fire damage is evident on the north side of the
trunk between 1 and 3m from ground level some
branches also appear affected. This damage is
occluding well and there is every reason to believe
that the tree will make fully occlude these wounds
within around five years.
I note this tree is used as a mooring attachment, a
use which is inevitable given the location. This should
be discouraged to avoid damage to the trees phloem
tissue (bark). I suspect there may be slight damage
by the rope tied around the tree presently, but this
appears minimal and limited to a small proportion of
the trees trunk circumference. The effect of the rope
will not have any lasting influence on the trees vitality,
provided the rope is removed fairly soon before it
restricts the trees incremental growth, or results in
further mooring use.
To conclude, as this matter does not concern Surrey
County Council interests and has already cost this
Authority a great deal of my time and effort , I am
terminating my involvement at this point, but I do
wish you every success in your attempts to save
trees from unnecessary removal..
Kind regards
Graham Banks
Transportation Arborist
Asset Management Group
