Our County Fair Grounds are full of trees, shady trees. I noticed that the trees look the same, about the same age, and quite unusual.
The roots were exposed!
It can't be good to have exposed tree roots! Sure they are pretty to look at. Quite mystifying really. But the roots are exposed to the elements, and that can't be good!
Why are the roots exposed?
Some say that roots become exposed due to forces like erosion. Roots get exposed when rain and wind erode the soil around the tree.
Can tree roots be exposed?
I can imagine the roots being trampled by foot traffic when there are presentations are held here. Most especially during Summers, they can be scalded by the sun.The poor roots can have trouble retaining moisture.
What to do about exposed roots.
DON’T TRY TO FIX EXPOSED ROOTS BY covering them with topsoil. When you add topsoil on top of the exposed roots you risk adding too much or packing the soil too tight which would stop the roots from getting the water and oxygen they need. The roots may also grow right through the topsoil before long. Plus, if your roots are exposed because of erosion the new topsoil you add will just be eroded again in a year or two.
What can be done?
It appears that all the trees here have been neglected for many years now! The issues of exposed roots were not addressed sooner. It would have been easier to fix exposed tree roots earlier by maintaining them with a mulch bed around the tree. This would protect the exposed roots and provide lots of benefits for the tree.
These are public trees and you would expect the city and/or county departments to be taking care of them.
Or are they?
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What lovely trees and roots and certainly a lot of great info added i enjoyed that read nicely put together @silversaver888 👍
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ENGAGEtokens.nice shots, I like your roots
(and welcome to check my post as well).
I guess its erosion to blame indeed.
and I think the answer is : yes, they may be exposed, without making harm to the tree
Huh, I thought roots were meant to be under the ground...hehehe.
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ENGAGEtokens.It looks like a busy park @silversaver888, that is probably part of the problem with the roots. Maybe they should put a circle of Decorative stones around the trees to help stop people from walking on the roots...
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Yeah... that would help!'
I should take pictures of trees much older than this
but which have sufficient attention,
and the roots are covered!
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ENGAGEtokens.It's interesting that they aren't invasive in the surrounding area. Tree roots here don't grow too deep due to the moisture we get every year. We once had a 100' tall spruce tree at the creek along the road fall (it fell and smashed my Subaru parked way up in our yard). When @silvertop took a chainsaw to it and began to take lengths off, he turned around and noticed the trunk of the tree was about 2' higher than it had been. He cut another couple of pieces off and had taken the opportunity to break for a moment, only to stand and watch the tree stand up! The roots were close to the surface of the ground, and in the storm we had, it just fell over. Then, as he lessened the weight of it, it literally stood back up! It stands like a sentinel by the creek and is about 15-18' tall. I think it would be the perfect thing to put a deck on and maybe a gazebo like structure. An elevated one!
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Oh gosh, that major... for the 100' tree to fall on your Subaru! Then it stood back up!!!
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It was pretty weird! I just wished he had thought to grab the phone and video it!
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ENGAGEtokens.Beautiful :)
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ENGAGEtokens.The roots look like feet, we dont have these trees here, i think the boys would love climbing the tree
Hahaha, they sure are... they look like feet!
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ENGAGEtokens.hello dear friend @ silversaver888 good afternoon
What beautiful specimens you have achieved, I loved the explanation you give us about the roots maintenance. I appreciate very much
excellent shots
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Hello @jlufer!
In our new neighborhood, you seldom see roots that are exposed, maybe because the trees are still young.
But it seems that they are well cared for by contractors.
It's so sad to see these trees!
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ENGAGEtokens.Hi,
you aren´t a biologist, are you? I would not worry too much about the roots. What you see here exposed, are just a tiny part of the roots and for sure not the parts of the roots, which take up water or minerals (oxygen by the way is taken up by the leaves). The actual intake happens deep down the earth, where the roots are branched to very thin filaments, almost like the size of a hair. So adding some soil for cosmetic reason would not harm at all, just better protects these vessels. But it seems the tree is doing quite well and is used to it. Plants have remarkable survival capabilities, even in extreme conditions.
No, I am not a biologist.
It's good to know that the quote I took will protect them.
The county grounds are not extreme conditions.
I am glad that these trees are remarkable even n extreme circumstances.
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BEER.I learned about exposed roots today. I would of just threw some dirt and covered it up before this post.
As a person who also lives in California, I can only say that our state/cities usually only fixes things after it is reported and becomes an issue. I can't laugh at their mismanagement and also can't blame them right now due to budget deficit.
Yes, that is the thing! They need a manager who really cares and gets things done! After a year, they leave the trees unattended except for the usual watering and cutting of branches when they are it the way.
So, you're from California! Where about?
All I will say is that it is in LA county. The immediate area isn't that bad as I am not directly in LA. But if I go far enough to some of the other areas, I can see how horrible it is.
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Interesting photos and even more interesting text accompaniment. Each tree has different growing conditions and you have revealed one of them to us.
Hi @bucipuci!
I should have taken photos of trees that are well cared for!
This was taken from the County Fair Grounds.
It explains why the trees are "abandoned" to the state they are.
The other public trees in our town are relatively cared for.
Sometimes it is necessary to take a picture of an "ugly" thing to open people's eyes :-)
Certainly!!!
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