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Collage of tree roots, tree, and tree bottom

THE CASEBOOK OF DR. D. R. SLATER No. 816: The Four-Legged Oak

JUL 28, 2022

Arboriculture Tree Health Tree Preservation Tree Risk Assessment Biomechanics

Perhaps this tree should be called “The Table Oak”, as it stands on four “legs” – each a buttress root – with no central wood at all. It won’t stand forever, of course, but it’s been like this for at ...