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Nobody killed the sycamore tree - they coppiced it, and it’s regrowing with vigour.

by madaxe_again 1y ago

jimnotgym 1y ago
And sycamore trees are an invasive non-native species. In ancient forest, teams of people are employed to remove them
- normie3000 1y ago
  This particular tree was at least 1000 years old - there's documentary evidence of Robin Hood using it for shade.
  - unfunco 1y ago
    It was 150 years old, it makes no difference to me personally in terms of feelings, but 1000 was far enough out that I wanted to correct it. The documentary evidence was a Kevin Costner movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_tree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_tree
    - jcurtis 1y ago
      I suspect that the user you're replying to was joking
  - DarkBrocoli 1y ago
    It was planted in the 1800s
alejohausner 1y ago
Are you sure? The video I just saw on the BBC shows the tree being felled at its base! That's not pruning.
- madaxe_again 1y ago
  No, that’s coppicing. I didn’t say it was pruned. Coppicing does not kill the tree - it actually does the opposite, and extends the lifespan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing
marchie_uk 1y ago
It is absolutely not “regrowing with vigour”. When I visited six weeks ago, there was one very small sprout a few inches in size. For comparison, we had to fell a mature sycamore on our land last year; this now has more than a dozen shoots growing from its base, ranging between six and ten feet tall, all with lots of leaves on them.
- madaxe_again 1y ago
  https://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/sycamore-gap-is-sprouting/ https://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/sycamore-gap-i...
  - marchie_uk 1y ago
    All of the stories celebrating the regrowth are from August 2024. They describe 12 “sprouts” - with a hope that they might grow into something more. As of March 2025 - they hadn’t. You claimed the tree was “regrowing with vigour” - this is simply false at this point in time.

Nobody killed the sycamore tree - they coppiced it, and it’s regrowing with vigour.

jimnotgym 1y ago

And sycamore trees are an invasive non-native species. In ancient forest, teams of people are employed to remove them

normie3000 1y ago
This particular tree was at least 1000 years old - there's documentary evidence of Robin Hood using it for shade.
- unfunco 1y ago
  It was 150 years old, it makes no difference to me personally in terms of feelings, but 1000 was far enough out that I wanted to correct it. The documentary evidence was a Kevin Costner movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_tree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_tree
  - jcurtis 1y ago
    I suspect that the user you're replying to was joking
- DarkBrocoli 1y ago
  It was planted in the 1800s

alejohausner 1y ago

Are you sure? The video I just saw on the BBC shows the tree being felled at its base! That's not pruning.

madaxe_again 1y ago
No, that’s coppicing. I didn’t say it was pruned. Coppicing does not kill the tree - it actually does the opposite, and extends the lifespan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing

marchie_uk 1y ago

It is absolutely not “regrowing with vigour”. When I visited six weeks ago, there was one very small sprout a few inches in size. For comparison, we had to fell a mature sycamore on our land last year; this now has more than a dozen shoots growing from its base, ranging between six and ten feet tall, all with lots of leaves on them.

madaxe_again 1y ago
https://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/sycamore-gap-is-sprouting/ https://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/sycamore-gap-i...
- marchie_uk 1y ago
  All of the stories celebrating the regrowth are from August 2024. They describe 12 “sprouts” - with a hope that they might grow into something more. As of March 2025 - they hadn’t. You claimed the tree was “regrowing with vigour” - this is simply false at this point in time.