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Ditching for underground utilities was the apparent cause of loss of this group of post oaks which will not afford expected shade to this Texas home.
- Fig. 2.
Careful protection to the trunk of these oaks offers no protection to the root system as heavy equipment cuts away and compacts the root system.
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Probable Cause Declining Dead Cut or fill - bulldozer 49 63 Vehicular compaction 11 1 Raising water table 18 14 Utility ditching 37 21 Erosion 6 1 Paving over roots 49 28 Lightning 11 3 Trunk damage 6 5 Weed killer 13 0 Other and undetermined 68 17 Total 268 153
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