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Treating damaged and broken trees

Storms and gravity combine with defects to damage trees in a variety of ways. Damage is sometimes so severe that restoration is not practical or it is difficult (click on top photos). Trees with less severe damage can be restored to a certain extent (click on lower photos).
More examples

stem pulls from trunk

stem pulls from trunk

split stem

stem splits from trunk

tree split in half

tree splits in half

stem separates from tree

stem separates from tree

broken trunk

trunk breaks

blown over tree

blown over

tree on house

tree on house

blown over tree

blown over

stem splits out

stem split out

broken trunk

broken trunk

branch peels off

branch peels off

branch breaks

branch breaks

stems separate

stems separate

canopy damaged

canopy damaged

trunk splits

trunk splits