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Photo examples of structural pruning (set 3)

Here are several examples of structural pruning in urban landscapes.

1

before pruning

before pruning

2

after pruning

after pruning

3

one year later

1 year later

4

reduce one leader

reduce 1 leader

5

before pruning

before pruning

6

after pruning

after pruning

7

structural defect

structural defect

8

reduce length of lower branches

reduce length of lower branches

9

before subordination

before subordination

10

after subordination

after subordination

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before pruning

before pruning

12

tree

close-up

13

after pruning

after pruning

14

one year later

1 year later

15

branch spacing

space branches

16

space branches

space branches

17

too many branches

too many branches

18

space branches apart

space them apart

19

shorten some branches

shorten some

20

train branches

train them

21

reduce lower branches

reduce lower ones

22

opposite branches

opposite branches

23

too far gone

too far gone

24

declining leader

declining leader

25

clustered branches

clustered branches

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reduce upright branches

reduce upright

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got a problem

got a problem!

28

poor planning

poor planning

29

decayed tree

resulting decay

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