CAMPUS TREE CARE PLAN

2.06.5 Exceptions will be made in instances that operations will eventually hinder the structural integrity of the tree or clearly cannot conform to ANSI A300 standards.

2.07.0 PROHIBITED PRUNING ACTS

2.07.1 Excessive Pruning: Except for clearance of utility lines, traffic or abating a public nuisance, excessive pruning will not be tolerated.

2.07.2 Topping: Topping is the indiscriminate cutting of tree branches to stubs or lateral branches that are not large enough to assume the terminal role. Other names for topping include “heading,” “tipping,” “hat-racking,” and “rounding over.”

2.07.3 “Lion Tailing”: Excessive removal of branches from the lower two-thirds of a stem or branch.

2.07.4 No pruning of a tree’s canopy shall take place to compensate for removal or damage to its root system.

2.07.5 No cavities shall be filled with any substance (except in instances of bee hive relocations)