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What is Vascular Sectorality in Trees? By Mitch Hoy, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist #MN-4814BT Vascular sectorality refers to the specialized sections in a tree’s vascular system that independently control and supply different parts of the tree. A tree’s vascular system consists of xylem and phloem tissue that transport water and nutrients throughout the tree. […]
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What is Karst Topography? by ISA Board Certified Master Arborist Mitch Hoy, #MN-4814BT/TRAQ Karst topography is a distinctive type of landscape characterized by the dissolution of soluble rocks, such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum, over geologic time scales. This process creates unique landforms and features, including sinkholes, caves, springs, disappearing streams, and underground drainage systems.
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What are Cankers? By Mitch Hoy, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist #MN-4814BT Fungal cankers are caused by various fungi that enter through wounds or natural openings on trees. These fungal infections cause sunken or raised dead areas of bark that enlarge over time, eventually girdling and killing branches or the entire tree. Signs of fungal
What is Cladoptosis? by Board Certified Master Arborist Mitch Hoy Cladoptosis is the process by which trees alter their canopies by the purposeful die-back and shedding of branches. It is a mechanism that trees have to optimize their own anatomy and structure. The reasons for cladoptosis to occur can be numerous and very species dependent.
The calls of the male Redwing Blackbirds echo in arpeggios, weaving an arrhythmic melody within the steady percussion of the Western Chorus Frogs as my daughter and I walk through the wetlands near our home on a recent overcast morning. The blanket of sound, which if recorded might be titled, “Silence,” here is so all-encompassing
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Just across the road from our home in Southeast Rochester, Minnesota, there is a gateway to another world. You would never notice it, driving by- like a magical locality in literature like Gaiman or Rowling, it is obfuscated from you unless you are aware of it. You can barely make out the ancient “State Game
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