Much has been said about the 'pith test,' but it still remains elusive in practice. The 'pith-fall' here is that we must visually estimate where the pith of adjacent stems is located without actually seeing the pith. If you study ...
So does the pith test require tree removal then? Philip van Wassenaer, B.SC., MFC Urban Forest Innovations Inc. 86-50 Burnhamthorpe Rd. W., Box 295 Mississauga, ON L5B 3C2 ...
Zeb, One other thing. We may not be able to know exactly where the pith is from a visual ( with the human eye) but we know using this process ( pith test) one can determine whether it's a co-dominant ( multi trunk tree) or whether it's multiple trees ...