Suggested Headline: Are Your Cemetery Trees a Safety Risk?
Suggested Subheading: Learn how to perform a risk assessment on your trees – and why it’s important to do so each season.
Your trees – with their beautiful budding branches – provide cemetery visitors a quiet, shady place to reflect.
Yet those enormous, stunning trees won’t always be a safe haven for your guests to sit under.
From just-planted to always-present, all trees need a seasonal inspection to ensure the safety of your trees and guests.
“Without routine inspections, your cemetery visitors and guests are in danger. Large tree limbs or even the entire tree can fail and fall,” shared Brian Borkowicz, a regional sales director at The Davey Tree Expert Company.
“The other risk of neglected trees …show more content…
Look for branches breaking near the trunk, slits in the bark, woodpecker injury and chewed on foliage on ash trees.
“EAB can wreak havoc in your cemetery, causing huge risk and budgetary issues. Spot EAB warning signs early. Or, you risk losing 15 to 30 percent of all the trees on your property within 3 to 5 years,” cautioned Borkowicz.
If you spot a tree risk, call a trained arborist for help. “Preventive tree care can save thousands of dollars in potential damage or tree removal later on,” added Borkowicz.
Sidebar: Common Warning Signs in Trees
If you see any of these problems, your tree is a safety hazard. Keep your visitors safe, and call a certified arborist for help.
• An unusual tree structure, i.e. tree is leaning, buckling or heaving up the soil at the base of the tree
• An unbalanced or sparse canopy with several dead branches
• Animals nesting in cavities, decayed trunks or hollow
Suggested Subheading: Learn how to perform a risk assessment on your trees – and why it’s important to do so each season.
Your trees – with their beautiful budding branches – provide cemetery visitors a quiet, shady place to reflect.
Yet those enormous, stunning trees won’t always be a safe haven for your guests to sit under.
From just-planted to always-present, all trees need a seasonal inspection to ensure the safety of your trees and guests.
“Without routine inspections, your cemetery visitors and guests are in danger. Large tree limbs or even the entire tree can fail and fall,” shared Brian Borkowicz, a regional sales director at The Davey Tree Expert Company.
“The other risk of neglected trees …show more content…
Look for branches breaking near the trunk, slits in the bark, woodpecker injury and chewed on foliage on ash trees.
“EAB can wreak havoc in your cemetery, causing huge risk and budgetary issues. Spot EAB warning signs early. Or, you risk losing 15 to 30 percent of all the trees on your property within 3 to 5 years,” cautioned Borkowicz.
If you spot a tree risk, call a trained arborist for help. “Preventive tree care can save thousands of dollars in potential damage or tree removal later on,” added Borkowicz.
Sidebar: Common Warning Signs in Trees
If you see any of these problems, your tree is a safety hazard. Keep your visitors safe, and call a certified arborist for help.
• An unusual tree structure, i.e. tree is leaning, buckling or heaving up the soil at the base of the tree
• An unbalanced or sparse canopy with several dead branches
• Animals nesting in cavities, decayed trunks or hollow