More trees had succumbed to the recent storms that I had at first thought. Walking through the stands one comes across a fallen leviathan all too often. Huge trees, several hundred years old in some cases, now lay prostrate and begin their journey back to the earth, a journey which will take several decades. One thing that strikes me when investigating fallen trees is how unsubstantial their root ball and root systems often are compared with the size if the tree. Take the Beech above, a mighty tree, 10's of meters high, yet it's root ball looks tiny in proportion; it would appear that although a trees root system may be extensive it is not substantial. Whatever the cause or contributing factors, seeing fallen trees is always sad.
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