English oak trees are not native to Eastern Canada but arrived in Prince Edward Island in 1903 with John Norton, an immigrant who had formerly worked at Kew Gardens. This tree is a descendant of those original trees. Since they are not native they don't behave here like they do in Great Britain. They do not grow to massive oak trees like our native species. Our cold winters with lots of freezes and thaws create stress cracks, then the tree uses it's energy to heal those cracks rather than grow large.
I am surrounded by them at my workplace and every one of these old trees are tall, fairly thin and full of these stress cracks.
Stress Crack in English Oak
English oak trees are not native to Eastern Canada but arrived in Prince Edward Island in 1903 with John Norton, an immigrant who had formerly worked at Kew Gardens. This tree is a descendant of those original trees. Since they are not native they don't behave here like they do in Great Britain. They do not grow to massive oak trees like our native species. Our cold winters with lots of freezes and thaws create stress cracks, then the tree uses it's energy to heal those cracks rather than grow large.
I am surrounded by them at my workplace and every one of these old trees are tall, fairly thin and full of these stress cracks.
Okay I know I have a morbid imgination but for no reason this just reminds me of streaks of blood across the floor, as if someone bleeding has been dragged across it, yep my interpreation... Too much CSI me thinks is the cause
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