Comments from experience: There is no easy way! I've been coring trees (when deemed necessary) for more than 40 years. I've looked into various types of powered coring, but most come up deficient is some way or another. The standard ...
I've always thought the description in the 9th edition of the Guide for Plant Appraisal (pg 45-48) gave a reasonable description of how to treat trunk diameter. Jan C. Scow, Registered Consulting Arborist Jan C. Scow Consulting Arborists, ...
Zeb, Yes I've seen the push for changing DBH also. In my case it's more of the people that work for our landscape dept are not understanding the definition for the word "Fork" they believe if two trees grow close together or touch at any point that ...