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      • Why Hire an Arborist?
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[828-467-6204]

Innovative solutions - Certified arborists
  • Home
  • Customer Reviews
  • Contact Us
  • Tree Education
    • What are Bark Inclusions?
    • What's a Habitat Install?
    • Fracture Pruning
    • Cables and Bracing
    • Tree Risk Assesment
    • Glossary of Terms
    • Why Hire an Arborist?
  • Something Interesting
  • NC Urban Forest Council
  • ISA

Included Bark

 Bark Inclusions are serious tree defects that are very common, and often lead to breakage under low to medium loads. They occur between two co-dominant stems, as they grow. The bark between the two stems included in the trunk, as the cambuim advances year after year. This acts essentially as a wedge, pushing the stems apart, and thus producing an extremely weak union. Included bark accounts for over 50% of the wind damage that I see.

Co-dominant Stems

Co-Dominance is when we have two or more main stems, or a single stem that bifrucates into two or more equally dominant leaders. This architecture is generally detrimental to the organism because it lends itself to breakage. 

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The FIX

We can install a Dynamic Support System between co-dominant stems to support the union!

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