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Clarifying usage of grades and standards: circling
Frustrating issue: Trees are rejected even after circling roots are cut at the point of circling
What
grades and standards says: The document says on page 5 "Circling roots
less than 1/3 the trunk diameter can be cut at the point where they begin to
circle. Following cutting, the tree is no longer a Cull."
Summary statement: The document says that when circling roots less than 1/3 the trunk diameter are cut the tree is no longer a Cull due to the circling root. The document does not address the issue of more than one circling root needing to be cut.
