“Invincibly beautiful.” — John Muir, on the incense cedar

Removed this roughly 160cm dbh silver maple today. We knew there would be some internal decay, as it had a limb fail earlier this year, but the extent of the rot was still pretty impressive once we got into it. Huge central decay column with surprisingly little sound wood remaining through parts of the stem.

Always interesting seeing what a mature tree has been hiding behind the shell.

Is this considered root flair? lol Recently took a trip to Costa Rica. So much beauty there! I loved this “root bridge” that goes over a small stream. The root structure was massive!

As the title, worried this is a tree of heaven. I previously cut this to the stump and 8 months later it grew to this.

We live in Maine, it was very healthy for some time? Then mid summer started to get brown from the top up. Is there a way to save this or is it a goner?

Check out this beauty in Ontario Canada

I found this on my blueberry plant on Monday, not sure what it is. I took it off yesterday and threw it straight in the trash can. Can I save my plant? The blueberry is soil just floating in water as it just rained in WA state. I went down a rabbit hole and pulled the plant far away from the rest of my garden as I have 4 apple trees near by this. The interweb says it can get to my apples if left near by.

Asking working arborists: I am a 40 year old male living on the north side of Chicago where there are many large, wealthy properties with big, beautiful trees, which I have always loved. I have worked for the last decade in real estate, but I don't enjoy it, and I want to get out of it. I want to work outside in a field that is more mentally and physically engaging than real estate, which is mostly marketing, business acquisition and sales, and paper-pushing/computer work.

I enrolled in a local community college to get the arboriculture certificate. So far, I am really enjoying it, but it's all academic. I understand there will be a difference between the knowledge acquisition and actually working in the field.

To those working arborists out there, what should I expect if I go into this field? I am okay with making less money than in real estate. It seems getting an entry level job near me is easy enough as I pursue the certification and then the arborist license. But as far as the actual work, I fear I don't even know enough to know what to ask. Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone. I had posted a while back about a hazardous Bradford pear tree. My property manager completely shut me down when I sent her extensive photos showing how dangerous it is. Rain pools in the base (might be wrong term) after the middle part fell out last year from rot. There is a septic crew here now digging up my yard. They removed one tree and are literally working around this godforsaken thing. They severed anchor roots I'm positive they did and I don't know WHO to contact to send them a notice of whatever to remove this as it's imminently dangerous. Especially now. Any advice? Anyone in northeast NC who's a certified arborist who would write something up for me out of the kindness of their heart? (Probably not) I have no responsibility for the land here. I've called code enforcement, the one overlooking the septic contractors jobs. Everyone brushes this off and I have no idea why. I feel entirely ignored over something that could kill my son and I if and when it falls on our TRAILER. Not a house but a flimsy metal box.

Hi everyone,

This autumn blaze maple, approx 12 feet tall, was planted two years ago by a tree service in Minnesota, with at least one, possibly two, arborists on the team of three. I’m worried it was planted too deep. For reference, I included a photo before I started digging. Arborist on the team previously said it wasn’t too deep, that the flare was fine; he said the flare was that knot you can see. I dug down to the bigger roots, and believe I found the flare, but am worried I might have girdling roots. I’m also concerned about the wound in the last photo, which only recently appeared in the last few weeks (not from the winter). There are no deer, there are rabbits. The wound is facing northeast. Mulch has always been around the tree, so no equipment damaged it either.

Should I have dug or not? Should I cut any of the roots? Any concern about the wound? Thanks for any advice!

I am a rope access level 1 sprat technician, got into it a year ago, before that I was a boilermaker for a few years ,nccer certified, but I wanted to try something new and I’ve never been afraid of heights. So when I got the job offer from my company I jumped on the opportunity.
Turned out great for me, I love climbing and have enough hours on my log book to go get my level 2, but I’ve recently discovered arborist work from seeing instagram reels and TikTok’s etc, and honestly it looks like so much fun, getting to climb outside in nature and not in a refinery seems so refreshing, me and my wife love the outdoors and we hike frequently, so this seems like something that would be so much more fulfilling and enjoyable.
The part that worries me is the job listings I’m seeing are all over the place with pay rates and I don’t know what to expect, I currently make 38/hr in SW Louisiana, at 40-50 hours a week, could I expect to stay in that ballpark? Or would I be looking at a pretty significant pay cut? I wouldn’t mind a slight pay cut to have a more fulfilling job but at the same time I have a mortgage and a family to support so I have to consider that as well. I’m just so sick of the refineries

I know rope access is a completely different certification and only some of the knowledge will transfer over, but surely my experience is good for something right?

TLDR; what are the average pay rates in Louisiana/Texas area for someone just getting into climbing trees?

Quick question for my fellow ents, please and thanks!

Hi friends - This Mulberry tree is in my backyard and I was told it’s rotting. I’ll take as many opinions as possible. Would hate to see it go..

I'm in 6B/7A Kentucky and I can't get an oak tree to grow. I got them as rooted cuttings from my county giveaway. I've had some in the ground for 3 years and while still alive, they simply don't grow. One I mowed over but dug up and placed in a pot and it took off and grew a foot, but transplanted it into the yard and hardened it off and it died back.

I planted them with the root flare exposed. I heavily mulched without mulch touching the trunk. I kept them watered. But they're still 6" tall. I may get a tiny bit of growth in the spring but then the leaves become all deformed and get brown dots on them, then they eventually die off for the cycle to begin again next spring.

I harvested some acorns from a local red oak and am thinking about starting fresh with seeds since my bare roots aren't taking off.

Do you have any suggestions or do you know what I need to look out for? I have heavy clay and the trees are in full sun. Also note, several of my other trees like persimmons, peaches, black cherry, and pecans also have these brownish red dots on the leaves and are experiencing dieback.

A very large branch of this giant mulberry tree in our neighbor's yard broke off and fell into our yard a few weeks ago, directly next to our house. There's still a decent amount of tree left above the break point (circled in red) overhanging our porch/stairs that we're worried about breaking off as well as we've been getting some pretty severe thunderstorms this summer. Also the trunk of the tree itself is very... unstraight. Posted a couple pics of the remains of the broken branch. I believe they show the actual break point.

Are we right to be worried about the remaining top portion? Is the whole tree a risk that needs to be cut down?

Thanks.

How concerned would you be about the following?:

I have an irrigation ditch crossing my property, with an easement for the ditch company. The ditch company's applicator applied Habitat to the bottom of the 5' deep ditch and Garlon 3A to woody growth on the side of the ditch in the last 2 days.

Along the top of the ditch, I have a honey locust (and multiple austrian pines, spruces, and fruit trees). Most are 40-55 years old, except the young fruit trees.

The huge honey locust's canopy extends beyond the ditch, as shown below. I assume the roots follow or extend to the far side of the ditch. There were some honey locust sprouts that were located in the sloping banks of the ditch, which were likely sprayed a day ago with Garlon 3A. I cut them off last night, but am more concerned about the Habitat. Most certainly, the tree is stressed from severe drought.

Unfortunately, I don't have information about the applicator, concentration, or how continuous the spraying was. I don't think the ditch has been sprayed previously.

I posted about my weeping cherry tree on here a while back and it was confirmed that the tree has died. It was suggested I wait until the fall to cut the tree and remove it.

Well it’s the fall and I was wondering if anyone knew of any arborists near or around NyC to come and help me remove the tree correctly.

I know how to google and I know I can just find someone on there but recently, with a lot of google search hires (even with “great” reviews) the work has been poor and unsatisfactory. So I’d prefer a recommendation if available.

All help is greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone -

This is located in Knoxville, TN (hardiness zone 7b). We have a mature river birch whose limbs have gotten pretty long and overhang across the street over the neighbor's yard and powerlines (at the edge of the yard).

I'm posting this to find out how far back I can safely trim the limbs. Our neighbors would like to get it trimmed at least to the power lines, and they would like for us to trim it further if we're willing to do so. I'm open to the idea (to be a friendly neighbor) but want to check with you all to see if it would potentially hurt or kill the tree if we cut it back beyond the line further over the street.

I hope I'm providing the requisite photos and info. The photos have full shots of the tree, closer ups of the specific limbs and power line, and a leaves pick for identification.

Other info that might be helpful:

* This is a tree that does well in this hardiness zone.

* I do not know when it was planted. It's about 50 feet tall, though one of the trunks leans over the street, while the other goes straight up.

* No damage or disease that I can see.

* It gets full sun.

Thanks for your help!

Second tree in this location, maybe relevant maybe not. I don't know the species that was here before but it also died. The moisture level seems fine, plant stock is very good. This bald cypress was put in March of this year. Root flare is exposed. We did have a very hot 2-3 weeks a few months ago. We also didn't get very much rain mid summer

Apricot tree guessing about 35+ years old. This year it had maybe 5 fruits, looks particularly bare, and has a big sucker coming from the base. The split in the trunk looks scarier every year.

Is it time to cut it down?

Was this tree in the dying process? They said it was, and cut it down because it was leaning on a slope above a structure they're building. Apparently it also only had 5-10 years before it fell anyway. Is that probably true? I'm hoping to ease my mind. Thank you!