It’s normal for many kinds of trees, such as this crabapple, to have more than one trunk. Make sure that the trunk, or trunks, are not planted too deep in the soil.

No. 1: When hiking, I often see what appear to be several trees growing from a central trunk. ... No. 2: At a local park an oak tree and a hickory tree look like they are connected at the base.

Oak and hickory trees that have been cut off or broken at the surface sometimes sprout new branches from the rootstock. Over time, these below-ground tree trunks merge together at the base.

During a particularly hot afternoon in June, my staff and I were walking a shaded trail at Garden in the Woods in Framingham ...

To start, and this is mostly a problem with live oaks, the base cause of the loose bark on their trunks is that the cambium (living/growing part of the tree just beneath the bark), was killed. In ...

Mediterranean Oak Borers have also been reported in elm, maple, and walnut trees, “although damaging attacks have not been reported for these other tree types.” Stay Connected Like Us ...