Cracked trunks, codominant stems, root upheaval, and shelf fungi are the warning signs a Waxhaw tree may be hazardous. Learn when to get a professional assessment.
In Union County, late-summer oak browning is not always drought. Bacterial leaf scorch mimics thirst but is a fatal, insect-spread disease. Here is how to tell them apart, and what care actually helps.
Those gauzy webs at your branch tips in late summer are fall webworm, a native caterpillar common around Waxhaw and Union County. Here is how to identify it, tell it apart from the spring eastern tent caterpillar, and decide, honestly, when it is worth doing anything about.
North Carolina does not make your neighbor automatically liable for their fallen tree. Liability turns on notice, and the most-cited NC case actually went against the homeowners. Here is how fault, contributory negligence, and your own homeowners policy really sort out, and what to do in the first days after a tree comes down.
Done well, mulch is a 2 to 4 inch ring pulled back from the trunk. Done poorly, it becomes a mulch volcano that can kill a tree. Here is how to mulch trees the right way in Waxhaw and Union County, NC.
Protecting trees during construction in Waxhaw and Union County starts before machines arrive: fence a tree protection zone at or beyond each tree's critical root zone, then keep digging, traffic, and grade changes out until the work is done. This guide covers how close you can safely build, why construction damage often shows up years later, and when to bring in an arborist.
By Clarks Tree Care Team
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