Rope left around tree

[Hickery]

There's a bicycle grown into a tree somewhere. Bought any campsite I pass through,I scan for line and rope,take it down. Nails.......dadgumit!

[OneClick]

There's a bicycle grown into a tree somewhere. Bought any campsite I pass through,I scan for line and rope,take it down. Nails.......dadgumit!

I removed a spider web of over 100' of paracord strung between several trees recently. Come on people!!

[Scarecrow]

I think we need Maple King to set up a patrol for tree-rope offenders. He'll lay down the law.

[OneClick]

LOL I loved that scene. Just creepy, slowly pounding that stick in his hand

[Txscout]

I think we need Maple King to set up a patrol for tree-rope offenders. He'll lay down the law.

Agreed

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[Marmaduke]

I think we need Maple King to set up a patrol for tree-rope offenders. He'll lay down the law.

hahahahaha. Yes. Well done.

[daneaustin3]

A little hard to see but this pic has a deer stand grown into the tree. Strangely enough there was a new stand a few trees away. And this was on public land.



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[Sailor]

Hey Sailor is that a Brussels Griffon in your profile icon?

Nope, just a real ugly rescue dog with a God awful under bite and very few redeeming characteristics. I think he is what they call a Shiranian- some Pom and some Shih Tzu. Not always housebroken yet and really really hates the mailman, just hates squirrels, cats (including ours) and other deliverymen, barks too much and can't stand being left behind. On the other hand, he loves all kids, hammocks and hanging out the window in cars. I apparently screwed up in a previous life and he's ours...And if you watch Star Wars, yes, he's Chewie...

[KiwiMark]

I'm not a stickler for LNT but I do think that if you take stuff into the bush you should take it out again and if you tie a rope around a tree then you should untie (or cut if you can't get it untied) that rope and take it away with you. The next person to camp there doesn't need to see the stuff you left behind and no one wants to see needlessly damaged trees regardless of whether the trees survive.

[nothermark]

FWIW the short answer to "what happens" is that if you tie or tack something to a tree it grows around it as the tree adds yearly rings on the outside under the bark. The problem is the race between something circling the tree and continuing growth. If the tree grows faster than the circulation is shut down by the new layers forming and the old inner layers dying then the tree is stunted but lives. If the new growth is too slow the tree dies from poor circulation. That is why screws or nails are less of a problem. They only hurt part of the circulation path.