Arboriculture Terms

see utility line-clearance pruning.

a young tree planted out in nursery rows and grown to suitable landscape size (also known as lining-out stock). Many sizes and methods of propagation are used.

poor pruning practice in which an excessive number of branches are thinned from the inside and lower part of specific limbs or a tree crown. leaving mostly terminal foliage. Results in poor branch taper. poor wind load distribution. and a higher risk of branch failure.