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Podocarpus elongatus tree recovering from storm damage after some assistance by botanical garden personnel
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Podocarpus elongatus (Ait.) L'Herit. ex Pers. Afrikaans: Vier stamme van 'n enkele Breëriviergeelhout, die sogenaamde "towerboom" van Kirstenbosch Nasionale Botaniese Tuin, 6½ jaar nadat dit op 1 November 2005 deur stormsterk wind omgewaai is. Die wind het etlike takke afgeskeur, die boom in twee stukke gebreek en die wortels blootgelê. Eerder as om dit op te kap soos die nabye Breëriviergeelhout wat reeds in 1984 omgewaai is, het die personeel die onstabiele stamme van die publiek afgesper. Die kroon is dan gesnoei, sommige takke ondersteun en die blootgestelde wortels is met grond bedek en gereeld bewater. Pas-blootgestelde dele van die baldakyn het aanvanklik tekens van sonbrand getoon, maar kort voor lank het lote oral uit die blootgestelde stamme gespruit. Hierdie spesie beskik naamlik oor die vermoë om deur epikormiese uitlopers te herstel.[1]
English: Four stems of a single Breede River yellowwood, the so-called "magic tree" of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, 6½ years after it was blown down by gale force wind on November 1, 2005. The wind tore several branches off, broke the tree into two parts and exposed the roots. Not giving up this time as they did with the nearby con-specific that was blown down in 1984, the staff cordoned it of from the public because of its instability. The crown was then pruned, the boughs braced and the exposed roots covered with soil and regularly watered. Newly exposed parts of the canopy initially showed signs of sunburn, but shortly shoots appeared all over the exposed trunks, as this species is known to recover by resprouting from epicormic buds.
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| Author | Harvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA |
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