Top 10 Ways to Hurt Trees and 4 Common Themes in Tree Decline and Death
Any one of these ways could eventually kill a tree. All of these ways are bad, and it’s hard to prioritize them into a “top 10” list.
This is a summary list. Each Way to Hurt Trees has its own related blog post.
Please click to go to each of the Top 10 Ways to Hurt Trees
#10 Way to Hurt Trees: Pollution, litter, and dumping.
#9 Way to Hurt Trees: Remove the leaves from the drip zone.
#8 Way to Hurt Trees: Wrong or inappropriate use of chemicals.
#7 Way to Hurt Trees: Poor transplanting.
#6 Way to Hurt Trees: Failing to Water even mature trees in heat and drought.
#5 Way to Hurt Trees: Careless Practices and Injury
#4 Way to Hurt Trees: Cutting down nearby trees or disturbing the ecosystem.
#3 Way to Hurt Trees: Construction abuses.
#2 Way to Hurt Trees: Strangulation by ropes, ties, wires, etc.
Four common themes that run throughout all 10 ways to hurt trees:
#4: Ignorance of good practices: i.e. plant the right tree in right place
#3: Outdated thinking: i.e. cut them down if they have insects or disease, cut them down if they are considered “invasive.”
#2: Climate Change and local and global areas
#1 Lack of love and scant attention.
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Basia Alexander
Tree Lover. Co-founder, workshop leader, and author.
I listen to the trees' messages and share their wisdom.
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