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Canopy form good

Quality trees have small diameter branches spaced along a dominant leader. Some trees require more work than others to accomplish this. (Click on photographs for more information-suggest starting with 1).

1

linden tree

linden

2

linden tree

linden

3

elm tree

elm

4

maple tree

maple

5

chestnut oak tree

chestnut oak

6

live oak tree

live oak

7

oak tree

oak

8

swamp oak tree

swamp oak

9

live oak trees

live oaks

10

live oak trees

live oaks

11

magnolia trees

magnolia

12

Eucalyptus tree

eucalyptus

13

large caliper tree

large caliper

14

large ficus

large ficus

15

large ficus

large ficus