TL;DR
Deadwood removal is the pruning service of taking dead, dying, and broken branches out of a tree's canopy before gravity does it over a walkway, roof, or parked car. Beyond the safety dividend, it removes entry points for decay fungi and boring insects and improves the tree's appearance without touching live growth, which means it can be done in any season.
What it means
Deadwood removal is the pruning service of taking dead, dying, and broken branches out of a tree's canopy before gravity does it over a walkway, roof, or parked car. Beyond the safety dividend, it removes entry points for decay fungi and boring insects and improves the tree's appearance without touching live growth, which means it can be done in any season. On large oaks and maples it is often quoted by canopy size or hours aloft, and specifying a minimum branch diameter, everything dead over two inches, keeps the scope honest.
Where it sits in the glossary
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Why Ohio homeowners should know it
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