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- Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/b3ed6373-3239-40ea-839c-d5a9131602f6/Screenshot+2025-12-28+161424.png Articles - What causes this? - Make it stand out Very crude and simplified concepts of trees that are highly sectored (left) and integrated (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/dcbd1475-73f6-49f5-a648-397204b000b9/Screenshot+2025-12-28+200020.png Articles - What causes this? - Make it stand out Cells I illustrated to conceptualize hydraulic architecture. 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An old large removal cut and its associated nourishment blindspot, Royal Oak Michigan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/35d00f84-519c-45da-bc51-9ddb20ce8250/PXL_20251109_213715807.jpg Articles - Is there a 'right' way to work with trees? From Murray MacLean’s Hedges and Hedgelaying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/5c29b6bb-004b-4de4-aac8-570b02ad4037/Reg+Harris+Habitat+Work+2425.png Articles - Is there a 'right' way to work with trees? A student of Reg Harris veteranizing an oak branch (photo source) https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/defects monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/f55c523b-837a-436c-be2c-32a5ddbaa592/PXL_20250613_001040598.MP%7E2.jpg Articles - Why we stopped calling them 'defects' - Make it stand out The Majesty Oak in the village of Nonington in Kent, England. Photo from my signed copy of Julian Hight’s book World Tree Story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/7bd44854-db72-47a8-8193-1eea43a41255/PXL_20230505_133708563.MP+%281%29.jpg Articles - Why we stopped calling them 'defects' - Make it stand out A large decay feature resulting from an excessively large pruning cut on a silver maple in Ferndale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/d4a8540d-75c5-4e4a-a28b-f60119903477/PXL_20230613_170139299+%281%29.jpg Articles - Why we stopped calling them 'defects' - Make it stand out A split feature in a dogwood in Royal Oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/2156a0ca-14ce-4a5f-8bf7-67847ba38eac/original_03dd3aad-b9e5-4226-9a7e-a25c204f22cc_IMG-6246+%281%29.jpg Articles - Why we stopped calling them 'defects' - Make it stand out A very large and concerning longitudinal split Jack found in a Siberian elm above a garage in Ferndale. 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The tarp acts as a barrier that prevents water getting to this tree’s roots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/da740c44-8267-4fde-b5a3-3c94d5735535/Photo+2.png Articles - Thoughts on Tree Stress, Risk, and Hollowing - Make it stand out We take a look at the inside of this damaged Black Oak in Ferndale with a sonic tomography tool called a PiCUS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/8e124dfd-0ca1-4244-a6ec-a34f140d5774/photo+3.png Articles - Thoughts on Tree Stress, Risk, and Hollowing - Make it stand out The percentage of circumference of the base of this tree that lacks sapwood is quite high, which can meaningfully decrease stability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/e5804925-d578-4357-ba65-68f48325151b/tenhave+roots+3.png Articles - Thoughts on Tree Stress, Risk, and Hollowing - Make it stand out A bit challenging to photograph roots inside of trees. But here are some I found walking through Tenhave Woods. An old dead stem was encapsulated by the trunk, eventually falling away. Leaving behind a cavity from whence it came. 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Me posing on the trunk of one of the largest trees I helped kill: a critically endangered American elm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/a5b2a8d0-5fcb-4a29-a3a0-bf3e9498d354/PXL_20240405_213316248.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees Had to pull over after driving by this. A gorgeous pin oak maimed in Grosse Pointe, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/da350b81-fd84-433c-b72f-eaf7f12cf929/PXL_20231115_172301167+%281%29.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees Winry and I found this tree on a walk totally lion-tailed above someone’s home. Look at how high the center of mass of this tree is! Ferndale, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/2e698108-a4f1-437b-9a9c-398aeae03b19/Screenshot+2024-06-26+220551.png Articles - American Culture and Trees A chemical analysis done on the soil beneath Lori and Bill’s trees in Warren, MI. The previous company had been fertilizing to the point where many nutrient levels were “very high”, approaching toxicity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/9ef68416-eb8b-4a52-822f-04b55aa2f568/PXL_20240515_215127507.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees Jack inspecting the soil and roots of an American Elm after some hardcore digging at its base, Royal Oak MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/6a4d60f2-dc1a-4fce-a206-99757de838fb/Soil+improvement+zone.png Articles - American Culture and Trees A soil improvement project beneath the sugar maple Anita grew up playing beneath in Rochester Hills, MI. The property has been in their family for a mindboggling two-hundred years! (ps that is not red-dyed mulch, it is cedar mulch. I would never use red-dyed mulch) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/9db0650e-ab91-4147-b36c-217bcf94e725/weedman+work+order+lol+idiots.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees A snippet of an estimate Susan and Dave got from a “plant healthcare company” in Farmington Hills, MI. All trees for sprays huh? The spots on the maple referenced were cosmetic tar spots, lol. This estimate recommended five sprays of “all trees” in perpetuity. Holy shit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/8c96a419-2659-4d39-bd40-ad9fe23dc7cb/PXL_20240627_011228220.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees said black oak’s minor herbivory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/72ca9aaa-7c00-416e-9bb0-1f74681ebe2f/MVIMG_20200325_144932.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees The horns of a great horned owl visible from Ronnie’s front yard in Waterford, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/c20c35e7-cca6-416a-81e0-6072d95a851d/PXL_20240704_184801304.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees A gorgeous snag feature we retained after rigging down the broken top from Pat and Larry’s bitternut, Rochester Hills MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/85a19db3-a83a-485e-b81c-01e8ff4d7bd2/PXL_20230421_153826084.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees Checking in on one of our favorite trees in Royal Oak, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/61e81939-2d91-487b-979f-dad7431a08ce/PXL_20240508_141455039.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees A gorgeous fruiting colony of dryad saddle’s in Lynn’s maple, Berkley MI. We reduced a lot of weight and height from this stem. It is being managed instead of killed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/be861600-0b46-4d85-a0ef-03e60c3875a3/PXL_20230528_122707367.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees More dryad saddles in Cherly’s boxelder in Ferndale MI. Large removal cuts veteranized this tree in the past. Again, this tree is being managed instead of killed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/00fdb08c-d7de-400f-8278-0764143c951b/Image%2B8%2BTendencies.png Articles - American Culture and Trees An example graph from Jeremiah’s 2022 Understanding Aging Trees article. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/5c955e80-3147-4716-9b30-d9c9c929d8a7/PXL_20231214_182631747.jpg Articles - American Culture and Trees Careless damage to an endangered American elm’s roots in Grosse Pointe MI. For two nice flat sidewalk panels. 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A huge stump in the front, with a harder-to-poach tree in the backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/366eaca0-9347-473e-a050-9f62b76b2d44/PXL_20240308_183515043.jpg Articles - Were your trees poached? - Make it stand out Poached tree in front; more challenging bounty in the back. At least they left a snag, I give them credit for that. 3 streets away from my home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1ab3811e-3a4c-4c01-9fce-107a45f3cc1f/malpractice.png Articles - Were your trees poached? - Make it stand out A trio of mature oaks on my street were maimed with enormous removal cuts against their trunks. "Properly made” cuts by the book, yet implemented in an unwise way. This is malpractice for so many reasons. Same trees, different angles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/7c0815aa-148d-42c0-92ef-943fef1a286b/DSC03477.JPG Articles - Were your trees poached? - Make it stand out A heavily poached street. You can see a non-poached area in the background on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/46215c0f-075b-44dc-849d-f8f14e56cbde/DSC03483.JPG Articles - Were your trees poached? - Make it stand out A non-poached street two streets north of my home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/0a465985-3abf-4a92-9e90-2a56bfec9a2b/PXL_20240315_231533050.jpg Articles - Were your trees poached? - Make it stand out A line separating properties where trees were poached and trees were not poached. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/740802cb-c48b-413b-bbce-68499e78aec7/PXL_20240311_213653819.jpg Articles - Were your trees poached? - Make it stand out I wish I had a photo of this oak before it was poached, it was a lovely tree. 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Practitioner Model - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/62b19104-d61c-467b-993a-09accbf13dfe/PXL_20240202_142124768%7E2+%281%29.jpg Articles - Practitioner Model - Make it stand out Tree First’s pruning rig version 4 https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/gymnosperm-phylogeny monthly 0.5 2024-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/75f14c5d-2d1e-4fcf-9143-e452062f6a60/PXL_20230623_210718118.jpg Articles - Gymnosperm Phylogeny - Make it stand out An awesome scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) Sam and I found at Morton Arboretum in Chicago, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/c2a3fc31-7c0e-4ee7-b1b3-fffbbb7231c3/foxfirwolfhemlock.png Articles - Gymnosperm Phylogeny - Make it stand out Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (photo source) | Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) (photo source) Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) | Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) (photo source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/c8d3b8c1-66df-448b-a15a-32dc05b914e4/PXL_20230610_144723722.jpg Articles - 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A plant I found challenging to grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/29cf2fe3-c4e0-45d8-8803-077f3ffc5f56/cycad+palms.png Articles - Gymnosperm Phylogeny - Make it stand out An awesome phylogenetic tree showing when major groups of plants evolved (modified by Tree First with labels) (image source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/4130fe3b-96a9-43c9-8a2d-98699fb56375/welwitschia-mirabilis.jpg Articles - Gymnosperm Phylogeny - Make it stand out Truly an odd plant. They live hundreds of years looking this way. 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The oak leaf is nearly completely mature, and is losing its reddish tint. The maple leaf is very small and is vibrant red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/4f847de7-3904-461a-9431-c8586b8c34e5/Mesophyll+Cell.png Articles - What’s up with Red Leaves in Spring and Summer? - Make it stand out Anthocyanin shield protecting developing chloroplasts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/3f64f351-eae6-45ca-9f6c-775a835475ea/self+girdle.png Articles - What’s up with Red Leaves in Spring and Summer? - Make it stand out Only one stem of this maple is showing water deficit symptoms. This case is due to a self-girdling root. 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This tree is still being managed, and was not condemned thanks to this scan. https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/were-your-trees-pruned-incorrectly monthly 0.5 2024-03-31 https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/afraid-of-risk-assessment monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/final-form monthly 0.5 2024-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/a35b31c4-6f99-4f66-9e18-a1731b4f8a2d/zoomed+out+plant+lineage.png Articles - Trees are the ultimate form of plants - Make it stand out Image source (modified by Tree First) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/2b398498-c510-4ed0-a4ef-9e12a39110eb/mon+vs+di.png Articles - Trees are the ultimate form of plants - Make it stand out From L. H. Bailey, “Palms and Their Characteristics,”. 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RIGHT: View of the lattice after the cut, showing the yellowed cut area above the red blindspot area. https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/where-to-put-decay-in-trees monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/e5ea2481-b72e-482f-b7bf-8300db4f1aba/A7C4DD1B-9917-4CB2-90A8-972C7124C09D.JPG Articles - Where to put Decay in Trees - Make it stand out Remnants of a living stem removed from a tree by cutting. 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Summarizing the differences between reduction and removal cuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/52390ac7-383f-4e61-9dfd-d634bebda9c4/2E4AACC6-06A7-4129-A912-5ECDC778ACC5.JPG Articles - Where to put Decay in Trees - Make it stand out Image from Gilman’s An Illustrated Guide to Pruning 3rd Edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/48dbe25a-5ff3-4f52-affc-131add610e1f/IMG_20190702_165055.jpg Articles - Where to put Decay in Trees - Make it stand out Jeremiah’s hand in relation to a highly decayed region resulting from the large removal of a living stem. Saint Clair Shores, MI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/b595e628-20ef-4865-a9cb-9fb4eedbd4bc/Resisto.jpg Articles - Where to put Decay in Trees - Make it stand out Jeremiah performing an inspection of an old cut with a resistograph. The cut was made approximately 20 years prior, according to the homeowner. The result of this old cut has increased the possibility of the remaining stems failing. Royal Oak, MI. https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/epicormic-conspiracy monthly 0.5 2025-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622917115595-W9J2NQV40OV0ISEC6RYX/PXL_20201010_153859202.jpg Articles - The Epicormic Conspiracy - Make it stand out After a major crown failure in the past, this willow’s new crown is mostly formed by epicormic growth. 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Rochester Hills, MI. https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/tree-expert monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/big-arb monthly 0.5 2024-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622920812500-7HAVRSH7QHTJH6QRAKO1/Copy+of+20180522_133033.jpg Articles - The Underside of Tree Care - Make it stand out While this company installed a static cable into this tree (too low in the crown), they parked directly onto the roots of an endangered American Elm. Notice the metal caps? Yikes. Grosse Pointe, MI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622920901479-SKHN9YZL3KVCUYJR5VHX/IMG_20190307_100642.jpg Articles - The Underside of Tree Care - Make it stand out This endangered white walnut is clearly compartmentalizing poorly. This “accredited” company made many large cuts on this plant with no mindfulness towards its health or rarity. 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This type of pruning can lead to major limb failure in the future. Is that something you should have over the house and driveway? Dearborn, MI. https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/consulting-arborist monthly 0.5 2024-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622925712857-UCZ6OXPHD5WNJ6YVARFE/IMG_20190131_172318.jpg Articles - Why hire a consulting arborist? - Make it stand out Is this tree hazardous? A client in Oak Park, MI was told she might have to remove this tree. The answer is at the end of this article! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622925766522-ZH9T31FLM99DHNYDQPY3/IMG_20190512_102247.jpg Articles - Why hire a consulting arborist? - Make it stand out This tree is safe! Frost cracks close on their own in time. If a decision was made too hastily, our client in Oak Park could have lost her beautiful london plane tree. https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/what-is-a-snag monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622930671083-NOPJEQ1L0DO97QWWCZYD/DSC00244.JPG Articles - What is a Snag? - Make it stand out An artificial snag Tree First made for customers in Royal Oak, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622930750164-SRMUUIFGB1BTK9Q8BGQQ/00100lPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20190202152039595_COVER.jpg Articles - What is a Snag? - Make it stand out A small cavity made by a woodpecker in dead wood of a silver maple while it searched for insects and woodlouse to eat. Now that he’s left, something can live in here! This in-tree snag was retained, and is monitored for stability. Madison Heights, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622930819627-3KSO0QDZHPZYTOMMRY37/IMG_20181230_104956.jpg Articles - What is a Snag? - Make it stand out A very old, naturally occurring, gorgeous monolith snag of an american beech, discovered in Tenhave Woods in Royal Oak, MI https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/on-dead-wood monthly 0.5 2024-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622927571662-LYWARRB0MBU62VYOOQFD/00100lPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20190202152039595_COVER.jpg Articles - On Dead Wood - Make it stand out An inviting hollow in a dead branch for birds and small mammals. Madison Heights, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622927646392-EKBIBGCIKEJ3SGA1LJSJ/IMG_20190424_104637.jpg Articles - On Dead Wood - Make it stand out Signs of a woodpecker investigating for invertebrates to eat inside dead wood. Even this small dead branch is still ecologically useful. Ferndale, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622927704397-7R9LJ9VZ60C140S3F5EX/IMG_20181230_104956.jpg Articles - On Dead Wood - Make it stand out This is a snag. This dead beech has served countless organisms during its life and its death. It will take a long time before it has been completely consumed by decay fungi. Royal Oak, MI https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/student-of-arboriculture monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/killing-trees monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1622928128462-MIJN162MT1HLSTQZBU4B/IMG_20190702_165055.jpg Articles - Killing Trees in the Urban Forest - Make it stand out Jeremiah’s hand for size reference. Saint Clair Shores, MI https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/open-the-canopy monthly 0.5 2024-03-30 https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/cedar-confusion monthly 0.5 2024-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1b082bbf-3b5f-4797-af03-5ea6f5c609a3/cedars.png Articles - Cedar Confusion - Make it stand out These are weeping cultivars of Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’, or weeping atlas cedar under our care. A true cedar. The needles are surprisingly soft despite their appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/db20ecea-6eea-4216-a9f5-57808779690c/false+cedars.png Articles - Cedar Confusion - Make it stand out Eastern red cedar (left), northern white cedar (middle), alaska cedar (right) https://www.treefirst.org/articles1/yes-landscapes monthly 0.5 2024-03-30 https://www.treefirst.org/consulting daily 0.75 2024-12-16 https://www.treefirst.org/home daily 1.0 2025-10-30 https://www.treefirst.org/contact daily 0.75 2024-11-26 https://www.treefirst.org/tree-canopy-access daily 0.75 2024-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1587065960718-FXYEK6OMEOIK2GVSAGGZ/IMG_20200405_174736.jpg Tree Canopy Access Jeremiah rescued a family’s cockatiel who escaped into their tree! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1560825409508-090UF7H3K2V7GUV38HK8/IMG_20190611_183501.jpg Tree Canopy Access Dillon and Jack inspecting flowers and pollinators of a gigantic Yellow Poplar in the top of the canopy in Tenhave Woods https://www.treefirst.org/tree-risk-assessment daily 0.75 2025-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/6e1bb282-156e-4140-97de-b766d38da32c/bitmap.png Tree Risk Assessment Jeremiah taking a tomography scan of the base of a tree. Pictured right is the cross section produced by the scan. Royal Oak, MI. https://www.treefirst.org/wildlife-work daily 0.75 2024-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1577244267336-1YJQXIXABHYTM0IXGCQG/DSC00242.jpg Wildlife Habitat Enhancement A cavity we created in the trunk of a silver maple in the Royal Oak Arboretum. https://www.treefirst.org/pruning daily 0.75 2025-05-20 https://www.treefirst.org/services-main daily 0.75 2025-03-25 https://www.treefirst.org/what-is-a-snag daily 0.75 2021-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1589735617899-IZ8KB9HJWDF5ONWT9CM4/DSC00244.JPG What is a Snag? An artificial snag Tree First made for customers in Royal Oak, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1562272781816-KTLT6TLVY4QRBKTBJNEA/00100lPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20190202152039595_COVER.jpg What is a Snag? A small cavity made by a woodpecker in dead wood of a silver maple while it searched for insects and woodlouse to eat. Now that he’s left, something can live in here! This in-tree snag was retained, and is monitored for stability. Madison Heights, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1562271775875-HWVEI0BGJ3TBCVCNAXOZ/IMG_20181230_104956.jpg What is a Snag? A very old, naturally occurring, gorgeous monolith snag of an american beech, discovered in Tenhave Woods in Royal Oak, MI https://www.treefirst.org/dead-burr-oak daily 0.75 2024-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1565030607242-ULMBOVHG9427FFXSTGFX/fullsizeoutput_60ba.jpeg Dead Burr Oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1565030963088-FU9KFCXP4TILXLP7XSZP/20190803_084842.jpg Dead Burr Oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1565030628706-BP5VA2UABGMGDEN3WN0F/20190803_085001.jpg Dead Burr Oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1565030665744-U9SUYB9WUPTRXLCVI47V/fullsizeoutput_5ff7-1.jpeg Dead Burr Oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1565030687170-NJNY9DNW3ZN8EIHB1BFX/fullsizeoutput_6020.jpeg Dead Burr Oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1565030698075-TIA63RP7HFK4JOXK4YMR/fullsizeoutput_608d.jpeg Dead Burr Oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1565030833015-4Z37LIHDM17SA1E1VGH7/20190803_091114.jpg Dead Burr Oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1565030876794-EQ7OQGLEA256A6ELRJE9/IMG_20190803_094201.jpg Dead Burr Oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1565030891742-3TOWVU8XJSCXM48Z24OW/MVIMG_20190803_085857.jpg Dead Burr Oak https://www.treefirst.org/silver-maple-snag daily 0.75 2019-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1575432640958-0IBP6L2KDK60PTHGIESQ/fullsizeoutput_66d9.jpg Silver Maple Snag Jack mid-way through the tree’s crown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1575432737035-HZZV8OJFSC7CL02DID9E/fullsizeoutput_66db.jpg Silver Maple Snag Jack at the top of one of the maple’s crowns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1575433013698-4AWB6SB7GDRR5GH6DGLC/IMG_20191129_150626.jpg Silver Maple Snag Once the tree’s crown was removed, the trunk can then be carved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1575432011819-P83FE0WSUZ06MZAF6GET/00100lrPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20191129153628059_COVER.jpg Silver Maple Snag Jeremiah gets to work on carving the snag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1576370757231-YMHNK8EFCHHA1LY2HWS8/DSC00242.jpg Silver Maple Snag A cavity carved into the trunk with a chainsaw and auger drill. This structure gives wildlife protection from extreme temperatures and predators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1575431595601-4QH4QFUOOSVME11F6GRI/00100lrPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20191130140415001_COVER.jpg Silver Maple Snag An angle of the finished snag, about 14 feet tall. The top of the snag is carved into what’s called a ‘coronet’. The object here is to simulate a natural break, as if the tree failed on its own. https://www.treefirst.org/soil daily 0.75 2025-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/d6cac75e-8517-4159-8167-ae10d1b00b3c/Soil+improvement+zone.png Soils & Roots - Make it stand out A very large soil improvement zone we developed beneath an old sugar maple, Rochester Hills, MI https://www.treefirst.org/smart-walk daily 0.75 2023-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1634327636790-TU12KW94C0A3PJA6E8VD/BB5A0806-28E6-44E9-9A1A-44E51EE0D541.jpeg Smart Walk - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1631538234201-BPOGOKVR007MDCE7LONY/How+to+use+QR+codes.png Smart Walk - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.treefirst.org/storm-damage-aftercare daily 0.75 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bd26e517980b304cb3510d6/1626629058766-D0QL69MZM8D6Q9H1GWCT/7877541F-F7C4-4FAC-8297-BDA4991BF226.JPG Storm Damage Aftercare - Make it stand out A gigantic failure of an American Elm in Grosse Pointe MI. Tree First was called in for a second opinion, and the tree was retained. https://www.treefirst.org/tree-disease daily 0.75 2025-02-18 https://www.treefirst.org/mission-statement daily 0.75 2023-01-16 https://www.treefirst.org/newsletter daily 0.75 2025-03-01 https://www.treefirst.org/articles daily 0.75 2025-11-09 https://www.treefirst.org/newsletter-archive daily 0.75 2026-01-02 https://www.treefirst.org/bill-pay daily 0.75 2026-01-26