Question About Split Oak

TNTreeHugger · May 30, 2024

This "before" photo came up on my FB page today and it shows where the trunk split during that bad storm we had on May 9 this year.
The roots from the part that fell over are mostly still in the ground and the part of the tree still standing appears firmly rooted also.
What are the odds of:
1) New shoots growing off the fallen portion, and
2) The standing portion surviving with that section peeled away?

That's an orange yardstick in the before photo and the still-standing trunk measures 14 feet around, not counting the part that fell.

Arbor1 · May 30, 2024

What a magnificent tree before. I hope the still standing will continue to live, and it would be great if more shoots come from the part of the root from the broken off part.

Del_ · May 30, 2024

It's likely that the rest of that tree is going to fail in the next couple of years.

An 'included bark' failure.

TNTreeHugger · May 30, 2024

Del_ said:
It's likely that the rest of that tree is going to fail in the next couple of years.

An 'included bark' failure.

TY
https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/bark-inclusions.shtml

TNTreeHugger · Jun 1, 2024

I'm still wondering about the parts of the trees that fell over, roots still secure, continuing to grow.

I've been googling and finally found someone asking the same question, but he couldn't get an answer either. He was wanting to know what it's called when a tree falls over, still rooted, and shoots grow vertically from the fallen trunk.

Someone from the PNW mentioned "rafting."
Does this sound familiar?

The fallen oak trunk still has smaller branches with still green leaves on the lower section, the leaves and branches at the crown have turned brown and died.
Same with the huge hackberry it fell on - lots of branches with green leaves and some are even producing new growth/leaves.

I've cut back nearly all of the branches that had dead on them, but I've left the branches that still have green leaves.

If they continue to grow, will it produce a hedge-type appearance from the fallen trunk?