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Animation of restoring lions-tailed trees

The clip shows a portion of a tree in the process of recovering from being over-thinned or lions-tailed. Sprouts are allowed to generate and grow for 2-3 years; some sprouts are removed and others are shortened, as represented by the dotted lines.