Editing Tree

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==Period sources:==  

==Modern:==  

==='''Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):'''===  

''' See also''' [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/fruit/ fruit], [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/leaf/ leaf].

Trees were also found in armory. Though many different species of trees were used in armory, for purposes of conflict checking, we use the basic shapes of the tree (oval, conical, palm, etc). When the roots of a tree are showing, the tree is termed eradicated and when they are not, it is called couped. When there are no leaves on the tree, it is termed blasted.

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| An oak tree eradicated || An oak tree couped || A pine tree couped  

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| an acorn || an apple || a garb || a pomegranate  

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Alder: there is one species of alder bearing berries, and to this probably the arms following refer.

> Argent, three bunches of alderberries proper–ALDERBERRY.

Almond: parts of the Almond-tree are sometimes found, e.g.

> Argent, an almond slip fructed proper–ALMOND.

> Sable, an eagle displayed between two bendlets argent; on a chief or three almond leaves vert–JORDAN, Surrey.

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=Precedents:=  

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==='''March 2011 - weeping willow redux:'''===  

"[T]he weeping willow was cultivated in Andalusia in period, therefore we will no longer consider its use to be a step from period practice."

==='''June 2005 - weeping willow:'''===  

===March 2014 - barnacle goose tree vs other trees:===  

Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a ''barnacle goose'', this submission is actually of the barnacle goose plant or tree, not just the bird itself. The period citations of this bird all do show birds growing from a tree or plant, but the depiction of the tree or plant varies widely, and is not the focus of the citations. This then appears to be a tree with birds, either as fructing on the tree or as effectively maintained charges.

This badge is therefore returned for conflict with the badge of Walraven van Nijmegen, ''(Fieldless) A créquier gules''. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but nothing for the fructing of or maintained barnacle geese.

http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2014/03/14-03lar.html

On the June 2005 Cover Letter, standards were set out regarding the differences between white willows, weeping willows, and generic trees. At that time, weeping willows were granted a CD from white willows and oak or generic trees, and their use was declared a step from period practice. White willows were not granted a CD from oak or generic trees. Further research... led to declaring weeping willows no longer a step from period practice in March 2011.

==='''July 2000 - eradicated vs blasted and eradicated:'''===  

"There is no CD between a tree eradicated and a tree blasted and eradicated"

==='''February 2000 - eradicated vs couped:'''===  

==='''July 1996 - tree vs tree eradicated:'''===  

[No CD between a tree and a tree eradicated] "The reason for granting no difference for a tree vs.a tree eradicated is obvious if one considers the poor excuses for root systems found in many trees blazoned as eradicated. Without any period evidence that changing a tree couped to a tree eradicated was considered a cadency step, we see no reason to grant any difference between them."

(includes sapling)