Exposed root plate photo: Oregon Coast

[M.D. Vaden]

Wish there was parking along one part of Oregon's Hy. 26 near Seaside so I could have got images of some fallen trees with their root plates vertical - like a half dozen in a row.

But there are more here, there and yonder. Last winter's storm blew down quite a few trees. Soon to be covered with ferns, I suppose.

Anyhow, they sure illustrate why arborists often use the word "plate" in root plate.

One below is Oswald West State Park.

Others, seem to have enough roots attached at the bottom, to keep life going in the horizontal trunks for a few in the shade.

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The trees in the next photo, were given a small boost to the ground with chainsaws, but when I saw them a few months ago for the first time, they were all broken or bent way over already. Easy to tell which way the wind came through. This is looking west.

The clearcut downhill would not have helped, and actually is what laid over the root plates across the road I was referring too, as well as sunburn damage to hemlocks across the highway that used to be shaded.

The wind probably went between this hill and the other hill like water funneling into a hose nozzle, increasing wind velocity.

A few more years, and it will be green again. Sure looks odd now though.

 

[gr8scott72]

Wish there was parking along one part of Oregon's Hy. 26 near Seaside so I could have got images of some fallen trees with their root plates vertical - like a half dozen in a row.

But there are more here, there and yonder. Last winter's storm blew down quite a few trees. Soon to be covered with ferns, I suppose.

Anyhow, they sure illustrate why arborists often use the word "plate" in root plate.

One below is Oswald West State Park.

Others, seem to have enough roots attached at the bottom, to keep life going in the horizontal trunks for a few in the shade.

The biggest stump I've had to grind was a oak tree that was about 4' across but it was blown over. The roots were over 12' in the air when the tree was on its side. It did fall back into the hole after they got rid of the tree. I had to grind a 16' diameter area to get all the roots. Took 2.5 hours even with 60 hp track grinder.

 

[M.D. Vaden]

The biggest stump I've had to grind was a oak tree that was about 4' across but it was blown over. The roots were over 12' in the air when the tree was on its side. It did fall back into the hole after they got rid of the tree. I had to grind a 16' diameter area to get all the roots. Took 2.5 hours even with 60 hp track grinder.

Sort of like this appearance, then.

This is another hemlock in the same park - about a 24 DBH trunk. Roots sticking up to about 15'.