A tree fork is a bifurcation in the trunk of a tree giving rise to two roughly equal diameter branches. These forks are a common feature of tree crowns. The wood grain orientation at the top of a tree fork is such that the wood's grain pattern most often interlocks to provide sufficient mechanical support. A common "malformation" of a tree fork is where bark has formed within the join, often caused by natural bracing occurring higher up in the crown of the tree, and these bark-included junctions often have a heightened risk of failure, especially when bracing branches are pruned out or are shaded out from the tree's crown.
Typical wood grain pattern at a mature tree fork, Slater et al.2014[1]
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A treefork is a bifurcation in the trunk of a tree giving rise to two roughly equal diameter branches. These forks are a common feature of tree crowns...
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grounds by mid-May. By late May, nests are built, usually in a branched treefork near the water. Typically, three eggs are laid and then incubated for...
get their name from their habit of impaling captured prey on a thorn, treefork, or crevice. This "larder" is used to support the victim while it is being...
owls, with large front-facing eyes. Up to three white eggs are laid in the fork of a branch, and are incubated by the female at night and the male in the...
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weaken treeforks, and can result in damage to the junction under stress. Bark pockets can be formed by inosculation, formation of a treefork, encapsulation...
high up in a treefork, often in an exposed position. The trees used are most commonly eucalypts, although a variety of other native trees as well as introduced...
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stinking Roger Hakea divaricata L.A.S.Johnson – needlewood, corkbark tree, fork-leaved corkwood Hakea dohertyi Haegi Hakea drupacea (C.F.Gaertn.) Roem...
her nest on horizontal branches of coniferous trees, away from the trunk, but occasionally in treeforks. The nest is shaped like an open cup, made up...
Tmesipteris, the hanging fork ferns, is a genus of ferns, one of two genera in the family Psilotaceae, order Psilotales (the other being Psilotum). Tmesipteris...
it a very valuable timber tree. The tallest individual at the present time (2021) is one called the Fork Ridge Tulip Tree at a secret location in the...
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of the mystic crucifixes is the body of Christ hanging on a Y-shaped treefork with his head falling low over his chest, his mouth contorted with pain...
in urban areas. The bulky cup nest is constructed in a hedge, scrub or treefork. The 2–6, usually three, red-brown or lilac-blotched greenish-blue eggs...
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