LIGHTNING-STRUCK TREES.
The German Government has recently caused an inquiry to be made into the subject of lightning and its effect upon trees, the observations having been entrusted to the overseers of nine foresting stations scattered throughout an area of nearly fifty thousand acres in the district of Lippe. It was found that of all forest trees the oak was most susceptible to the attacks of lightning. The-forests were found to comprise various kinds' of trees in the following proportions: Beech, 70 per cent.; oak, 11 per cent.; pine, 13 per cent.; and fir, 6 per cent. Of the two hundred and seventy-five trees which suffered from lightning durmg a period of several years, no fewer than 58 per cent, were oaks, 21 per cent, firs, 8 per cent, beeches, and 7 per cent, pines. It is npteworthy that it has been stated by some English authorities that the beech is seldom or never struck by lightning. The truth of this statement has long been disproved, and it is interesting to see. that the beech in Germany appears to be more often the subject of lightning stroke than the pine.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 124, 26 May 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)
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