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... branches? [12] 12. Why are stubs harmful? [12] 13. What are branch and trunk collars? [13] 14. What is the branch bark ridge? [13] 15. Why are flush cuts so harmful? [14] 16. Contrast ... . [17-18] 27. What are the major features of conifer wood? [19] 28. What is bark? [20] 29. What is phloem? [20] 30. What is the cortex? [20] 31. What is ...
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... a dead branch. 1. The pith of the branch was infected and darkly discolored. 2. Both arrows show the branch protection zone that formed after the branch died. 3. The branch bark ridge. 4. Note the invaginated increments indicating included bark ...
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NTP, NATURAL TARGET PRUNING
... branch meets the trunk. This is truck tissue and problems will start for the tree should this become injured. The raised area [4] is the branch bark ridge ... branch always undercut [A] first followed by a cut from above [B]. This prevents the ripping of the bark on and beyond the branch ... make adjustments. Never place your saw behind the branch bark ridge. Pruning parts off branches works the same way, ...
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PROPER TRAINING CUTS FOR YOUNG SMALL TREES
... . If a large top is to be removed always make cuts at a strong side branch. TARGET PRUNING OF THE LEADER OF A YOUNG SMALL TREE Remove the leader by making ... is the branch bark ridge and 2 is directly across from 6. Point 6 is the beginning of the branch bark ridge. Point 1 is to the inside of the branch bark ridge and 10 is the branch collar. Number ...
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Pruning Technique
... the branch meets a major limb is characterized by two features – the branch collar and the branch bark ridge. The branch collar is underneath the branch, while the branch bark ridge is above it. This is the point where branches would naturally be lost. When pruning a branch ...
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A Guide to Successful Pruning: Pruning Basics and Tools
... removes the branch collar , and goes behind the branch bark ridge. The branch collar is the swollen area of trunk tissue that forms around the base of a branch. If you prune away the branch collar, you remove not only branch wood, but ...
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Barcel
... for the "branch bark ridge" on the upper surface of the union of the branch with the supporting stem. This is a line of bark that has been pushed up as the branch and supporting stem ... branch. A proper pruning cut begins just outside the branch bark ridge and angles down and slightly away from the stem, avoiding injury to the branch collar. Do not make flush cuts that remove the branch ...
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TreeHelp.com: How to Prune a Tree
... the branch from inside the crotch well up from the ridge of bark joining the two branches. Finally, to shorten the remaining stub, make the third cut just to one side of the branch bark ridge and roughly parallel to it. Should I Seal the Wound? Trees naturally close wounds that result from branch removal, so ideally, pruning wounds should ...
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Guide to Birch Trees
... the point where the branch is joined to the trunk. This line indicates the location of the branch collar and should be ... bark causing a ridge. This ridging may be apparent visually, but is more likely to be found by feeling along the normally smooth bark and noting a slight rise. The bark ... the water supply to the main trunk or branch, causing the death of the branch. A canker infection mimics the die ...
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Sigillaria bark pattern
... Sigillaria sp. This specimen is a cast of the outside bark pattern of the midsection of the Sigillaria tree. The corrugated pattern runs vertically with the ... . Follow Route 39 west from Summersville to Gilboa about 5 miles. Turn north onto Hutchison Branch Road 1 mile to guardhouse. Collecting is on top of ridge overlooking Twentymile Creek.
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