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Some information about
trees that I hope you will find
interesting, and perhaps
informative
For example parking cars on the soft
ground beneath trees inevitably either crushes their roots or compacts the soil
so that the roots cannot breathe, this then prevents the uptake of moisture and
nutrients causing stress and later twig and branch die back, root decay and rot
usually sets in causing even more stress to the tree.
Another way in which people harm trees is by building their compost heaps under
them, when the material rots down large amounts of nutrients seep into the soil upsetting the
soil balance and poisoning
the tree roots which again causes root rot and disease. Mowers and
strimmers are also a major cause of death for trees, they strip away the bark
on the lower part of the tree which usually allows one of the various types of
root or butt rots to attack the tree, after several years the tree begins to
show signs of stress and then die back of the upper twigs and branches. There
are of course many other
reasons
why trees come to harm, but these are some common avoidable problems. |
