Practice pruning

Click through the photos to learn why trees were pruned in certain ways. See if you can determine what the tree needs before reading the paragraph at the bottom of each photograph.

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1

maple

2

zelkova

3

oak

4

ash

5

sweet gum

6

crapemyrtle

7

topped

8

ash

9

ash

10

poplar

11

poplar

12

honeylocust

13

elm

14

elm

15

scholartree

16

bark inclusion

17

maple

18

oak

19

oak

20

weak

21

over-lift

22

trouble

23

big trouble

24

structural