http://openspacerestoration.com/lightning-strike/ Exploration of the great outdoors and the Florida environment. Writing that combines nature with fiction. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:47:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://openspacerestoration.com/lightning-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-316 OSR Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:15:53 +0000 http://openspacerestoration.com/?p=56#comment-316 I have never seen a bat around that tree but I have seen Opsrey, Vultures, Cormorants, all perching at the top scouring. I have never seen a bat around that tree but I have seen Opsrey, Vultures, Cormorants, all perching at the top scouring.

]]> http://openspacerestoration.com/lightning-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Dave Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:58:11 +0000 http://openspacerestoration.com/?p=56#comment-314 Hmm....I can think of a couple trees that could use bat boxes like that! Hmm….I can think of a couple trees that could use bat boxes like that!

]]> http://openspacerestoration.com/lightning-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Festival of the Trees #34 « the Marvelous in nature Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:18:19 +0000 http://openspacerestoration.com/?p=56#comment-311 [...] Open Space Restoration - Lightning Strike A tree that was struck by lightning not once, but twice, now bears a bat box. Fact: Oak and elm are the types of trees most commonly hit by lightning, but pine ranks third. They have deep tap roots that reach the water table, and typically stand higher than other trees in a forest. In most trees the lightning takes the path of least resistance, which is generally the wettest part of the tree, often outer layers where the sapwood is. This results in a burning of the bark, and possibly the stripping off of a small section of the trunk, but is generally easy for the tree to heal over from. Deeper wounds are more difficult to heal and usually result in the decay and death of the tree. [...] [...] Open Space Restoration – Lightning Strike A tree that was struck by lightning not once, but twice, now bears a bat box. Fact: Oak and elm are the types of trees most commonly hit by lightning, but pine ranks third. They have deep tap roots that reach the water table, and typically stand higher than other trees in a forest. In most trees the lightning takes the path of least resistance, which is generally the wettest part of the tree, often outer layers where the sapwood is. This results in a burning of the bark, and possibly the stripping off of a small section of the trunk, but is generally easy for the tree to heal over from. Deeper wounds are more difficult to heal and usually result in the decay and death of the tree. [...]

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