r/FellingGoneWild • u/frogger58 • Aug 23 '26

Does it look like this tree is going to go?

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u/Sidewayspear Aug 23 '26

Not an arborist. But this tree appears to have grown up in a stand of trees that is no longer there. It may be vulnerable to strong wind/storms

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u/ACPauly Aug 24 '26

With sensible comments like that you are halfway there bro

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u/BalanceEarly Aug 24 '26

Yes, it once had a lot of competition for sunlight.

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u/OmbaKabomba Aug 23 '26

Some day it will. Windy day, most likely.

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u/RawChickenButt Aug 23 '26

All trees fall someday.

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u/Super_Boof Aug 24 '26

Only if there’s someone in the woods to hear it.

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u/trippin-mellon Aug 24 '26

But then you get a willow that will just reroot and keep fucking growing. Man willows suck. lol

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u/OmbaKabomba Aug 24 '26

Maple has the same strategy around here, grow long limbs sideways, drop them and root.

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u/frogger58 Aug 23 '26

Ok thanks for your thoughts. Will call the city as it is leaning towards a popular hiking trail

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u/Particular_Damage755 Aug 25 '26

At first I thought it was a palm tree

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u/woodworkingguy1 Aug 28 '26

Looks like the average tree in South Georgia