Facing south, part of our crew is attacking the tree we called "Titanic". You can see the scarred remains of tree bodies (with no greenery) that remained in place after Katrina. Most of the other trees were completely uprooted and washed up elsewhere, sometimes acting as missiles and damaging structures.
At first all of our crews cut smaller Chinese Tallow with loppers, as close to the ground as possible, then doused the exposed trunk with herbicide. These were along the trails. But this species is extremely hardy, with surviving trees multiplying quickly because the decimation of the indigenous pine and oak tree canopy provides light for the weed trees to thrive. The more mature Tallows sprout many more berry seeds which of course speeds the overall species growth. Our group then decided to go after the bigger trees.
Lilly is pushing the tree forward to provide a better cutting gap for David and Todd, double-teaming on the bow saw.
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