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Tree pruning: stop the Trimming!

Tree pruning: stop the Trimming!

Today, I am angry! Angry but also tired because, on the sides of the roads, in parks, and even in gardens, it is always the same horror film that starts again: “ Trimming of trees with a chainsaw… ” Despite the arborists' awareness campaigns, we coppice, prune too severely, prune too short, top the head, mutilate... we sometimes even tear off whole parts with a big machine... Anyhow and anytime! I could, if necessary, forgive my neighbors, who are certainly not informed. On the other hand, I have a lot more trouble when it comes to certain professionals, supposed to practice a trade for…
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The tallest tree on the planet

Hyperion, the world's tallest living tree The tallest tree on the planet is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), named after an individual in Greek folklore, Hyperion. The tree is something like 115.72 m (379.7 ft) tall! This colossal tree was just found in August 2006 by naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor in a remote piece of Redwood National Park, California. Their most memorable introductory estimations were made with an expert laser estimating instrument in view of goniometry. The tree was estimated again by Steve Skillet in September 2006. This was finished in the most exact manner: he moved to…
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