ACTION ALERT: This Tree Will Die, Help Catch the Killer
Monday, July 15, 2013 at 12:50PMWithin the last couple of days an unknown person(s) "girdled" (see definition below) this boulevard tree at Gold Medal Park. Girdling results in the death of the branch, or whole tree when done to the trunk.
Anyone with knowledge of this is encouraged to contact the police. If you spot suspicious activity please call 911 and if you have a camera, and can safely do so, please snap a photo.
Seriously, what type of degenerate would kill a tree?
Girdling, also called ring barking or ring-barking, is the complete removal of a strip of bark (consisting of cork cambium, phloem, cambium and sometimes going into the xylem) from around the entire circumference of either abranch or trunk of a woody plant. Girdling results in the death of wood tissues above the damage. A branch completely girdled will fail and when the main trunk of a tree is girdled, the entire tree will die, if it cannot regrow from above to bridge the wound.
Reader Comments