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Welcome back to Tree Facts Friday with ArborWise Tree Management! The Beauty and Benefits of Herbaceous Understory Growth I’m Kayli Hoy, an ISA Certified Arborist based in Rochester, Minnesota. This week, we’re coming to you from Carley State Park in Wabasha County to explore one of the most overlooked, yet vital, parts of a […]
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Welcome to Tree Facts Friday with ArborWise Tree Management. My name is Kayli Hoy, and I’m an ISA Certified Arborist here in Rochester, Minnesota. Today’s topic is one that often goes unnoticed but has a huge impact on the trees and plants around us, microclimates. What Are Microclimates? Have you ever taken a walk
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Welcome back to Tree Facts Friday! I’m ISA Board Certified Master Arborist, Mitch Hoy, with ArborWise Tree Management. This week, we’re diving into an incredible topic: how trees influence climate, not just by providing shade, but through powerful biological processes that regulate temperature, rainfall, and even global carbon levels. Understanding Evapotranspiration: Nature’s Cooling System
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When it comes to tree care, the way a tree grows in a forest versus in an urban environment can be strikingly different. Understanding these differences while applying juvenile pruning techniques is essential for ensuring tree health, safety, and longevity. Forest vs. Urban Growth: Why Trees Develop Differently In forest settings, trees naturally develop tall,
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Why Choosing the Right Tree Service Protects Both Your Property and the Environment When you search for tree service Rochester MN, you’ll find plenty of companies offering removal, trimming, or pruning. But tree care isn’t just about cutting branches or taking down hazardous trees – it’s about preserving health, protecting property, and managing landscapes in
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 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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