deadwood

I have an interesting question regarding when you have a dead, diseased or compromised trunk from a multi trunk/co-dominant tree. I was trained as an arborist in Germany and it was common practice in this situation to leave a good sized stump (approx 1/3) of the removed trunk standing to prevent...

Hello, I'm very new and I registered for a question about a butternut tree, but as long as I am here I would also like someone's opinion on a pin oak tree. The tree seems to be approximately half dead, but it has leaves, not branches just leaves, growing from the trunk between 5 and 10 ft up. If...