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I think Poplar and Aspen are particularly notorious for this. I just had to cut down a 50 foot Aspen in a small-ish backyard because it had started rotting and
by haberman 6y ago
I think Poplar and Aspen are particularly notorious for this. I just had to cut down a 50 foot Aspen in a small-ish backyard because it had started rotting and was becoming unsafe. No one warned us what was going to happen next. Within the next few months at least 50 suckers have popped up in our yard and -- worse -- our unsuspecting neighbor. As much as we loved the tree and were sad to see it go, this feels like an invasion.
- justinator 6y agoAspens (for the uninitiated) are rhizomes. Some of the largest aspen groves - all of the same single plant, are > 100 acres in size. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> Aspens (for the uninitiated) are rhizomes. I think I can safely speak for most of the uninitiated when I say that this sentence is completely meaningless to us.
- justinator 6y agoThankfully, that Wikipedia link can help y'all out