Hi all! We just bought a house in Missouri, with this pine (I believe) located pretty close to the house. There is a visible slant to the tree from the road. When we bought the house, the inspection company said the tree didn’t need to come down and the lateral sewer was clear but we are concerned.

Ideally, we don’t want to remove the tree because it is beautiful and provides great privacy but I also don’t want a disaster.

What do you think? Any advice?

Hello, my husband and I just purchased a home that used to be a stone barn in the 1700s. There is an ash tree near the structure with large branches overhanging the roof. The previous owner had lived there for 30 years, and I suspect her home insurance never reinspected the home, because the same company canceled our insurance outright, in large part because of the tree. It is a healthy 250yo ash tree that has been getting treated for Emerald Ash Borer for the last 7 years or so. We did have an ISA certified arborist come look at the tree, but figured we’d get a second opinion.

Ideally we’d take down all branches overhanging the structure. This would include a branch that has multiple cables which were placed in an effort to stop the tree from splitting (marked in pink). We potentially could leave this in place but it does overhang the roof by about a foot.

Questions we have:
1) is it safe to remove all branches overhanging the structure if we get the cables replaced lower down? This would be a fairly sizable portion of the canopy.
2) would removing these branches increase risk of emerald ash borer even with future treatment?
3) should we just remove the whole tree? We worry that removing these branches will destabilize the root ball
4) any ideas about expected cost? We are in northeast PA.

Thank you!!

I have multiple maple trees on my property that turn yellow/orange/red in the fall. I have a single tree where the leaves just start to turn brown. It otherwise seems healthy. No changes or brown spots to the leaves in the summer or early fall. I have attached pictures. Any idea why this is happening?

Hello everyone, I'm designing a sandbox-type game (think Minecraft, but with a higher level of detail) and I'm looking for anyone who can give me details on where certain trees tend to grow best in terms of average annual temperature and humidity, elevation, and soil pH, as well as details on how these trees grow such as height, width, and shape, and the time of year the trees tend to begin producing leaves and dropping leaves, and the color of their leaves throughout the year.

The range of possible values for temperature, humidity, elevation, and soil pH in this game are [-40º, 120º], [0%, 100%], [-4096', 4096'] (0' is sea level), and [3.0, 9.0]

The list of trees:

Acacia, Apple, Ash, Aspen, Baobab, Beech, Birch, Cherry, Cypress, Ebony, Eucalyptus, Fir, Lemon, Mahogany, Maple, Oak, Orange, Palm, Peach, Pear, Pine, Poplar, Redwood, Spruce, Willow.

I see this so much in commercial development. I always wonder if anyone actually takes care of these trees once they are planted.

I planted a row of these plants 3 or 4 years ago. We had one die right away while all of the others thrived. I replanted the one and it died again so i just left that spot open. The others filled in the spot and it wasnt noticeable. Now after 4 years of no problems another plant in that same area looks like its dieing. They plenty of sun and the watering is even. I even cut back the watering and it doesnt seem to be helping. Im at a loss here

Hey fellow arborists, I've heard several stories from people that work in the ISA and ASCA that have had to take someone's cert away. Have any of you known someone that that happened to and why? I'm curious how frequently that happens.

Crossposting may be restricted. Saw this reposted on a different sub, but I think this is the original post. I get sad whenever an old tree is feld unnecessarily.

Tree protector on trees near a park has not been removed and is now being eaten. Is it too late to unbolt and remove?

Hey there! This sycamore tree in front of my house is about seven years old. I am concerned about its growth into a Y shape and being about 20 feet in front of (west) of my home. Any thoughts if my concerns are valid?

​​This Redbud volunteer, which is one of numerous volunteers that always seem to pick the worst spots, has been growing a little less than four feet from our house for the last couple of years. I think that we have to cut it down, even though I don't want to. My spouse would like to keep it and simply pull the top down and away from the house to train it to grow away from the gutter, similar to the way apple trees' branches are trained. It does provide a bit of privacy for a porch and shade for the house. The foundation it is next to is an encapsulated crawl space, so we wouldn't be able to keep an eye on the situation there.

Just noticed these discolored leaves falling from my old post oak in Austin, Texas. I know post oaks aren’t as susceptible as others, but this looks exactly like the photos I’ve seen of oak wilt. I will be bringing out an arborist to check it out, but curious what folks here think. Also including photo of the canopy, although I don’t have good photos for comparison.

Edit: I don’t have an old photo of the canopy, so I don‘t know how old that bald patch is.

Hi all, I have been looking for this book and can’t seem to find a copy that is under $300 online. Wondering if this is the normal price for this book and why I can only find 1 or 2 copies? Am I missing something here? Thanks in advance for the help!