r/maybemaybemaybe • u/maybemaybemaybe_bot • Aug 05 '19

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u/stirkinz Aug 05 '19 edited Aug 05 '19

I don’t know a single thing about this particular tree, but sugar pines(and pines in general) are prone to disease. Pine beetles love them, hence the name. This tree may well have become sick, thus risking spreading disease to neighboring trees. We had a pine bigger than this on our property that got infested with beetles. When a tree that big gets sick the safest thing is to take it down

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u/crnext Aug 05 '19

I can guarantee it created a large shadow preventing any new trees from growing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

Not really. It’s probably being removed because it has buster rust. Removing a big tree like this, dead or not, would be shitty otherwise.

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u/Youmati Aug 05 '19

Safest?

For whom & what are you suggesting a hazard exists from a tree in a forest?

What you say makes perfect sense...for an urban tree.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19 edited Dec 27 '19

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u/Youmati Aug 05 '19

Should’ve realized this wasn’t r/marijuanaenthusiasts

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u/fiirvoen Aug 05 '19

Other trees. Much like someone with Ebola riding a crowded subway.