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Post by plocket on Feb 18, 2007 20:06:38 GMT 1
That the bark of the Sycamore supports more types of lichen than any other tree?
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Post by debbiem on Feb 19, 2007 8:19:43 GMT 1
No, didn't know that Plocket, but it's one of those facts that sinks into the grey matter and that I 'll probably remember forever now.  |
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Post by The witch on Feb 19, 2007 8:32:15 GMT 1
No I didn't know that either  Sorry to say that the Sycamore is my least favourite tree though! |
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 19, 2007 9:10:41 GMT 1
I dont like them either...... weeds IMHO Liked the seeds when I was a child though,( not many toys!) At least we know they are good for something.  |
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Post by plocket on Feb 19, 2007 9:18:01 GMT 1
I HATE sycamores but only now that I've got four just outside my garden wall. Grrrrr! But the seeds are fun |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 21, 2007 20:07:07 GMT 1
Our next-door-neighbour has one about 3 ft from his house : (and about 10 ft from ours.....) |
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Post by plocket on Feb 21, 2007 20:12:28 GMT 1
Yikes!!! The ones outside our garden wall are probably about 10ft away too. I hate them  |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 21, 2007 20:29:24 GMT 1
I could never hate a tree....just the stupid people who plant them in silly places. I have an oak tree in a pot grown from an acorn...I want to return it the wild...dunno where tho  |
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Post by plocket on Feb 21, 2007 22:45:44 GMT 1
Cheery you are absolutely right - I shouldn't hate trees. In fact I don't hate trees but I'm annoyed by the ones outside our garden wall ;D
Have you got a nice bit of woodland nearby where you walk? How big is your little oak tree now?
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Post by debbiem on Feb 22, 2007 9:20:24 GMT 1
Talking of oak trees I saw something amazing yesterday - we were walking around the sub tropical gardens a short drive away from us and spotted this huge oak tree covered in moss and (I think) lichens and looking up to the top branches saw LOADS of ferns, big ferns, growing between the trunk and branches. I've never seen that before.
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Post by plocket on Feb 22, 2007 10:38:39 GMT 1
Oh wow that sounds amazing Mrs B. Could you please take a camera with you next time and take a photo? ;D
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Post by The witch on Feb 22, 2007 13:16:19 GMT 1
Could this be the tree Mrs. B. is referring to, I wonder. |
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 22, 2007 13:35:57 GMT 1
Oh that looks like a part of a Brothers Grimm fairytale, how gorgeous is that? |
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Post by plocket on Feb 22, 2007 13:42:01 GMT 1
WOW that is incredible! It does look just like something out of a fairytale. Do you remember that King Arthur film where a lot of it was in an ancient wood - it reminds me of that film. The chap who played Merlin had a silver metal cap thing on I seem to recall.
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