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Root girdling half the trunk
This root was circling 8 inches or so from the trunk when the tree was planted into the landscape. Root and trunk met as both grew. Trees with this defect can become girdled as the root cuts off flow of water in the trunk xylem and sugars in the trunk phloem.
