David Nugent-Malone captures the ground "moving like sea" in Mugdock while walking his dog, Jake.
  • TINEnglish
    9·
    8 months ago

    That looks so strange, I thought the tree roots would go deeper and anchor it all

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      I suppose some trees might have very shallow roots.

      In arid areas of California, plants need deep roots to get enough water.

      Scotland is rainy and that particular place might be boggy or something where they have no need to go down.

    • frazorthEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      There doesn’t appear to be any soil for the roots to go into.

      My assumption would be that it’s a relatively new forest, the ground that was there previously has been removed, perhaps for peat, or burnt as part of forest clearing, and these trees planted on it. These things are standing because the roots are now intertwined like a giant mat.

    • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      Scotland is pretty rocky terrain in general, a significant amount of their forestry is on a fairly small amount of soil directly on rock.