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ANSI A300 Standards - ANSWER industry-developed standards of practice for tree
care; Acronym for American National Standards Institute
antigibberellins - ANSWER plant growth regulator that inhibits that action of the
plant hormone gibberellin
branch bark ridge - ANSWER top area of a tree's crotch where the growth and
development of the two adjoining limbs push the bark into a ridge
branch collar - ANSWER area where a branch joins another branch or trunk created
by the overlapping xylem tissues
branch protection zone - ANSWER tissues inside the trunk or parent branch at the
base of a subordinate branch that protect against the spread of decay
codominant - ANSWER forked branches of newly the same size in diameter and
lacking a normal branch union
compartmentalization - ANSWER natural process of defense in tress by which they
wall off decay in the wood
crown cleaning - ANSWER removal of watersprouts and dead, dying, diseased,
crossing, and hazardous branches from a tree
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ANSI A300 Standards - ANSWER industry-developed standards of practice for tree
care; Acronym for American National Standards Institute
antigibberellins - ANSWER plant growth regulator that inhibits that action of the
plant hormone gibberellin
branch bark ridge - ANSWER top area of a tree's crotch where the growth and
development of the two adjoining limbs push the bark into a ridge
branch collar - ANSWER area where a branch joins another branch or trunk created
by the overlapping xylem tissues
branch protection zone - ANSWER tissues inside the trunk or parent branch at the
base of a subordinate branch that protect against the spread of decay
codominant - ANSWER forked branches of newly the same size in diameter and
lacking a normal branch union
compartmentalization - ANSWER natural process of defense in tress by which they
wall off decay in the wood
crown cleaning - ANSWER removal of watersprouts and dead, dying, diseased,
crossing, and hazardous branches from a tree
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