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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge
I swung by the Hammel Palm outside the Coliseum today and was surprised to find no obvious initials or designs cut into the trunk. But what's there -- or not there any more -- is worse than that:
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Did you gasp? It looks like some vandal(s) tried to end our palm's life not too long ago. It definitely needs a fence.
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A grievous wound. Evidently, though, the palm has coped with the injury in terms of it getting what it needs from its roots. I do worry about its structural integrity, however.
Did you get any pictures of the whole tree? It'd be nice to see something other than the murky GSV images.
Speaking of wounds, I found this odd carving in one of the Longstreet palms. Never been able to figure out what it might mean.
Photo by me.
I think it's quite old, as it still bears marks of having been covered by ivy vines, which I don't think has been on the trees since before the property became Orthopaedic Hospital.