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Weak structure

If the tree in the previous photo continues to grow without intervention, the result could be as shown above. The two limbs have grown to be larger than the leader. The leader on some trees with this form eventually dies because resources can not reach it. The tree is structurally weak at this point as well. Click to next photo for tree top dying from too many branches clustered at one point.

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