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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 splits from trunk	tree splits in half	stem separates from tree	trunk breaks
blown over	tree on house	blown over	stem split out	broken trunk
branch peels off	branch breaks	stems separate	canopy damaged	trunk splits

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