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Tight staking prevents growth-stimulating movement and damages bark. The cage will cause mechanical damage on branches and the grill will girdle the trunk when the tree grows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/68b8ba7c-3f18-4cab-a924-ff6145579181/IMG20230209094113.jpg Tree hospital Mulberry leaf spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/204b8515-1ee5-4173-ad15-92c935159f6e/IMG20221017135734.jpg Tree hospital Extensive rot revealed in failed branch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/5b86abff-a4ee-472c-a858-044a8a2bc4da/IMG_20221029_152509.jpg Tree hospital Swamp Mallet toughing out root suffocation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/401b8c75-1c82-4d2b-86d6-6413d4ee77b8/IMG20221022140423.jpg Tree hospital Topped/butchered Liquidamber with masses of crowded, weakly attached sprouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/2a4553f0-d7d1-48ef-b980-8b213bf61cc0/IMG20221216155518.jpg Tree hospital Past pruning without follow-up has created this hot mess with the shoot growing back into tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/8ae389a9-253e-4355-8970-6bb1ab53bdac/IMG20221116113348.jpg Tree hospital Oops. Lucky no one was out playing during the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/458be3d1-c027-4689-abca-6512c3ee6ec0/IMG20221101154334.jpg Tree hospital Corymbia battles against pavement right up to the stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/c7b28624-a60d-473e-96fe-c52d3f388fbb/IMG20221014121112.jpg Tree hospital Roots of this Red Gum planted into a confined space overgrow concrete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/bc9aefa9-acfd-41b5-881f-a8546a847d6b/IMG20220925132028.jpg Tree hospital Red Gum windthrow due to saturated soil conditions in a wet winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/1745010e-8ea4-4e4f-94df-f5d72634afab/IMG20220925132140.jpg Tree hospital Borer tunnel revealed in broken log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/9be59e72-d2b8-4ff9-93ce-e487ad70e402/IMG20221214180604.jpg Tree hospital Confused jumble of fused branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/2bcb5be5-1630-40b7-919a-7a2d124cae55/IMG20220930101242.jpg Tree hospital Borer attack causes extensive cambium dieback. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/a0dd1e8a-4385-458b-a62b-f4f127a324f9/IMG20230723152044.jpg Tree hospital Hibiscus leaf spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/22fe45e1-29aa-4fa9-85dd-3cd1407dde33/IMG20220828163533.jpg Tree hospital Suspected Mundulla Yellows or other systemic issue in this urban Mugga Ironbark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/7c9b0420-ec6f-488d-ab5e-f37655b23490/IMG20230714145724.jpg Tree hospital Proliferation of sprouts in response to tip-pruning in this Corymbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/58168c13-abd6-47d1-9169-7bf32f579eec/IMG20230515172415.jpg Tree hospital No disease here. A young Drooping Sheoak bursts beautifully into cork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/bbfb888b-bd34-4b59-a94d-dcfec46cbd44/IMG20220923141925.jpg Tree hospital Aftermath of a borer (Phoracantha) attack survived by this Blue Gum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/af8195fe-66c3-41cb-ad83-e754eb83a470/IMG20230702145751.jpg Tree hospital Melia azedarach branch with extensive rot failed in storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/3035778a-dd19-40fd-b4a1-25851255a06f/IMG20230515171539.jpg Tree hospital 'Elephant's Ear' growth in response to a weak junction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/f20dc070-39ff-4a5f-9d88-4e8a1b935468/IMG20230201194233.jpg Tree hospital Hot mess could have been avoided with formative pruning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/12c7931f-61bd-464d-946f-a57f8f9ee00b/IMG20230805145458.jpg Tree hospital Large Ganoderma conk on Peppercorn Tree with extensive heartrot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/17e92346-4904-4b74-b3f5-09838057678c/IMG20231202155421.jpg Tree hospital Wasp galls on Acacia longifola, caused by active larvae of Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/3f502bf8-bcd7-42bb-a771-e1370e792b7b/IMG20221116113649.jpg Tree hospital Stem failure of a multi-trunked tree in storm linked with past borer activity and root rot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/b870fe7a-00d9-4f4d-a97e-44427702379c/IMG20221214181811.jpg Tree hospital Evidence of Armillaria infection in failed Pinus radiata. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/a628bc95-499e-4211-9b63-41feaaecb983/IMG20221214181848.jpg Tree hospital Longicorn beetle emerges from Pinus radiata... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/2005f726-fd5e-4c34-b6fc-9f3713aa0c68/IMG20221214182018.jpg Tree hospital ... fully emerged adult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/6a9dc644-d59b-4717-a6ab-4f59fbb78560/IMG20221114154633.jpg Tree hospital Ouch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/317e457c-0f82-45db-abbf-89c198cd4fa5/IMG20231121200238.jpg Tree hospital Crepe Myrtle with mechanical damage from the solid cage installed as protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/ea8b683a-c3af-410e-81ce-fb8a8157e345/IMG20231103180744.jpg Tree hospital Non-ideal pruning technique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/c6297231-6b44-4389-b005-cebce1e728ad/IMG20231103174535.jpg Tree hospital Pittosporum tenuifolium Screen Master hedge left to grow out now a row of trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/8fc4c160-7393-4ba2-832b-9b4219fa1be7/IMG20231204185925.jpg Tree hospital Always room for a tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/5644ad7c-dfc7-421b-9866-93b1a09c7e5d/IMG20231009194028.jpg Tree hospital Topped tree with masses of weak shoots reclaiming lost height. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/998ff30d-9578-4d64-8441-39b1c9aa329e/IMG20230804135211.jpg Tree hospital Crown of young eucalypt with built in timebomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/9ac14897-4fec-48ae-8900-0b9bbb8c371c/IMG20230918172507.jpg Tree hospital Tree in shackles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/9cac2c8e-df7e-43be-844a-bb41a2ac2d88/IMG20230724144434.jpg Tree hospital Melia with roots exposed and damaged from gutter repairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/e292e1af-90eb-4f5f-92ef-3546cd667f52/IMG20231201120232.jpg Tree hospital Hot mess of a Golden Rain Tree sorely missing formative pruning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/91ecd233-e24e-41ec-b786-3e0573a1d966/IMG20230723151323.jpg Tree hospital Bacterial wetwood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/798a3c79-5ebd-4b9d-b68b-e03a965e232e/IMG20230702150057.jpg Tree hospital Phellinus conks on a decaying street tree of Melia azedarach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/9b33367b-4230-41a9-b9bd-64db512d6cd2/IMG20230702143650.jpg Tree hospital Canker on Harpullia pendula, fungal and/or sun scald. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/a737efc7-4bf7-49ef-a86f-7861995ffb08/IMG20230718140527.jpg Tree hospital Opportunisitc borer damage on trunk of Red Gum with roots disturbed by excavation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/6c346eea-3bda-4503-8615-61ba4560898e/IMG20230523125344.jpg Tree hospital Don't you just want to trim it off? E. sideroxylon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/8aaa8c7a-8fab-41d5-99b6-ccd680a46b64/IMG20230528100356.jpg Tree hospital Non-viable trunk on this Casuarina after failure of a bark-incuded junction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/e37cf7bc-6848-4dcf-828f-899b870b4d5d/IMG20230528100552.jpg Tree hospital Incuded bark and tree's attempt to occlude splitting revealed in the same Casuarina failure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/97d90d30-b0cf-4648-8d40-d57e921f74b0/IMG20230508174628.jpg Tree hospital Trees - ideal places to store bins and toilets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/1702108002233-PKZZYVD73ANOIM2MJ5BE/IMG20230511120817.jpg Tree hospital Cut through pine trunk shows bark-included junction (centre) and sound junction with interlocking fusion of tissues above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/e59953aa-71e9-40a5-b3ae-ecb6644360ab/IMG20230422133116.jpg Tree hospital Overzealous large cut at base of this Agonis has created a mass of sprouts that need to be dealt with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/48a5dca4-82b4-48e7-95a0-cce1e55ed520/IMG20230327094000.jpg Tree hospital Girdling root. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/a26550d7-9db4-45c2-be3a-f6cebfc7b8aa/IMG20230325154704.jpg Tree hospital What to do with this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/50c6da83-152b-41c8-a1c8-7d5157c4d3ba/IMG20230220184928.jpg Tree hospital And what to do here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/13509106-cc7b-417b-8d78-d4698376c4c4/IMG20230217175023.jpg Tree hospital Defect prone to failure caused by past pruning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/723ac3ec-49bf-4e7c-a13b-cb41f37a8825/IMG_20231023_192053.jpg Tree hospital Mechanical car damage on city street tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/c3507c11-cd19-45b1-a7f4-48522d5175ba/IMG20230201194251.jpg Tree hospital Lage root damaged by repeat mowing, leaving it exposed to decay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/6de8e38f-515c-4a28-aa79-6d0f0a2a6b72/IMG20231103174244.jpg Tree hospital Death sentence. How long does this tree have? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/b8072832-70fb-49b6-ba73-2c50e3830913/IMG20230719104414.jpg Tree hospital Not the best way to treat your Blue Gum street tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/5fbf2625-2185-482f-becb-cc50126c2b96/IMG20230515172828.jpg Tree hospital Over-staking prevents growth-stimulating movement and damages the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/a0e42ddb-552a-49c5-bb71-40df521719f2/IMG20230426162401.jpg Tree hospital Longterm result of severe past topping of an Angophora floribunda, resulting in excessive growth and weight on each scaffold limb and unnatural habit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/ed31f34e-9f43-4cc1-afbe-a597c1022e9f/IMG20230220182005.jpg Tree hospital Extensive decay in an old Schinus molle tree that started where a large (dead?) limb was removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/ebb5dde8-29d3-4ca7-91ea-ea8e15b19f09/IMG20230828175708.jpg Tree hospital Complete absence of tree protection on a large development site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/d37ae566-f023-4fac-b790-126ad006f6a6/IMG20231108105325.jpg Tree hospital Schleffera leans towards the light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/fd65bf16-6f55-43e6-b0d9-43ceee0c451a/IMG20221126154821+%282%29.jpg Tree hospital Signs of infection (Corymbia ficifolia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/59e12c9e-01e5-4a71-9665-1ae3727bd492/IMG20230702145023.jpg Tree hospital Male Kurrajong tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/9dacaee0-8684-41eb-b7f6-ed5ac21e7beb/IMG20230515172859.jpg Tree hospital Damage to young bark tissue caused by overzealous staking (too tight, too long). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/9be3efc3-cc1e-4c2a-b2bc-8d24d3577150/IMG20221019145449.jpg Tree hospital Venerable E. leucoxylon being slowly but surely gutted by huge termite colony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/c0d3adb0-9978-46e2-aff8-0bdb8fa6fb11/IMG20231211130538.jpg Tree hospital Combination of storm with weak branch union and light, fast-growing wood has led to the top of this Acacia provincialis splitting in two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/1702613807654-W2AVEPXO4QRNVKRV06F6/IMG20231114155446.jpg Tree hospital Anyone got a ladder? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/22945ba2-62bc-4bb5-9413-06e51b9da8d8/IMG20231208165135.jpg Tree hospital Galls on Acacia pycnantha induced by the wasp Trichilogaster signiventris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/fdc53d63-b2db-4190-a5af-cfc5eaa8f75b/IMG20231223202151.jpg Tree hospital Elm Leaf Beetle larvae damage on Golden Elm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65697588f67acf1cf4201a41/4e97e1b0-3c48-4de2-8cf4-90de9485ad34/export1704035581317.jpg Tree hospital Saprophytic basidiomycete on roots of eucalypt killed in hot fire