Nearly 200 year-old-tree hits house on Oak Street

by | May 31, 2016 | Newton | 2 comments

TreeDown | Newton MA News and Politics BlogThe beech tree was planted in 1825. The Globe has a photo and story.

Photo courtesy of Chris Murphy

2 Comments

  1. Jerry Reilly
    Jerry Reilly on June 1, 2016 at 1:32 pm

    Thanks for the photo Chris.

  2. Julia Malakie
    Julia Malakie on June 1, 2016 at 10:44 pm

    This must be the one I heard about from Anil.

    Looks like “included bark” and a weak branch union, V-shaped instead of U-shaped. From the picture it looks more like a secondary trunk than a limb. It is maybe surprising it didn’t fail in some of the recent windstorms, but it may just have been the added weight of the leaves that made the difference.