This Quercus Buckleyi red oak in San Jose Burial Park was correctly pruned to remove a codominant trunk. The pruner cut outside of all the supporting tissue but not so far out as to create a stub that would prevent the tree sealing over the wound. Credit: Courtesy / Rachel Cywinski
This Quercus Buckleyi red oak in San Jose Burial Park was correctly pruned to remove a codominant trunk that had formed a “V” shape by pruning outside of all the supporting tissue but not so far out as to create a stub that would prevent the tree sealing over the wound.