Continue Watching: Module 1-2: Mechanical Stress

 

Topics covered in this video:

Basic Definitions:

• Trunk
• Leaders
• Branches
  – Primary: Scaffold or Main limbs
  – Secondary
  – Tertiary
  – Quadinary
  – Quinary
• Interior Branches
• Whorl/Cluster
• Reduction Cut
• Removal Cut
• Aspect Ratio
• Codominant Stem
• Branch Collar
• Branch Bark Ridge
• Bark inclusion/Included bark
• Growth habit or form
• Decurrent habit
• Excurrent habit

 

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This video is made available with permission from Dr. Ed Gilman. Illustrations, PowerPoints or photos by Edward F. Gilman, Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, IFAS, University of Florida.

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