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  2. All it can do is pop off in pieces and fall to the ground. Crape myrtles, sycamores, paper birches and a few other species just happen to do it in large sheets of paper-thin bark. Other trees shed ...

  3. Girdling - Wikipedia

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    Like all vascular plants, trees use two vascular tissues for transportation of water and nutrients: the xylem (also known as the wood) and the phloem (the innermost layer of the bark). Girdling results in the removal of the phloem , and death occurs from the inability of the leaves to transport sugars (primarily sucrose ) to the roots .

  4. Sun scald - Wikipedia

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    When sun scald appears on trees it is most frequently a result of reflected light off the snow during winter months. The damage in this case will appear as sunken or dead bark on the trunk of the tree, then later in the tree's life the bark might fall away revealing dead tissue in the tree's cambium layer.

  5. Gardening: Protect trees from damage by bark mulch or rodents

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    The bark of a tree will eventually rot if it is covered by bark mulch. Another fall task involves protecting young trees from damage by rodents. Gardening: Protect trees from damage by bark mulch ...

  6. Exfoliation (botany) - Wikipedia

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    In arboriculture, the term “exfoliating bark” describes the natural process and condition of the bark peeling-away from a tree trunk, typically in large pieces that remain partially attached to the trunk until such time as they are completely detached by the elements or the eventual and subsequent exfoliation of additional layers of bark ...

  7. Will my homeowners insurance policy cover tree removal?

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    For starters, if there are trees in your yard that overhang your roof or if there are trees that have branches that hang near your home, you could be at risk of trees or limbs falling onto your house.

  8. Branch collar - Wikipedia

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    3. Mark a point outside both the branch bark ridge and the branch collar, mark a line angling down away following the angle of the branch collar. 4. Ternary Method; the first cut should be done from the underside of the branch around 6 to 12 inches away from the branch's union to the trunk. This cut is done to prevent the falling weight of the ...

  9. Gravitropism - Wikipedia

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    Some are trees that have a weeping or pendulate growth habit; the branches still respond to gravity, but with a positive response, rather than the normal negative response. Others are the lazy (i.e. ageotropic or agravitropic) varieties of corn ( Zea mays ) and varieties of rice, barley and tomatoes, whose shoots grow along the ground.