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More 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).

elm trunks split	stem splits from trunk	oak splits in half	stem separates from tree	double stem fails
ripped out	split mahogany	broken leader	tough to restore	broken canopy
restorable	pines	restorable	canopy damaged	branches broken
Norfolk pine	broken branches	defoliated canopy	broken small branches	broken canopy

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