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treevet · 7th May 2008, 05:16 AM

A tree I mentioned earlier in this thread, a 500 year old (increment boring) bur oak, that was hit by a downshear, split in 3 other crotches and we had to take off over a third of the canopy to protect surrounding structures (3). The area we cut it back to had vigorous growth (natural canopy) and it has done quite well for 4 summers. Somewhat interestingly this is an unusual case where a tree that was a state champion became not a state champ and was not removed.

7th May 2008, 05:16 AM	#89 (permalink)
treevet Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 1,123	Re: Significant Trees A tree I mentioned earlier in this thread, a 500 year old (increment boring) bur oak, that was hit by a downshear, split in 3 other crotches and we had to take off over a third of the canopy to protect surrounding structures (3). The area we cut it back to had vigorous growth (natural canopy) and it has done quite well for 4 summers. Somewhat interestingly this is an unusual case where a tree that was a state champion became not a state champ and was not removed.