The most common tree maintenance procedures are Pruning & Shaping. Any certified Arborist knows that it is an essential part of any tree maintenance program. Pruning by a professional works in conjunction with a Plant Health Care Program to help reduce insect & disease infestations. Low limbs, structural branch defects and dead branches occur when pruning is not performed. Wood Acres Tree Specialists adheres to the standards presented in ANSI A300 (American National Standards Institute).
Structural Pruning is the removal of live branches and stems to influence the orientation, spacing, growth rate, strength of attachment and ultimate size of branches and stems. Structural pruning is mainly used on young and medium-aged trees to help engineer a sustainable trunk and branch arrangement. If young trees are pruned to promote good structure, they likely will remain serviceable in the landscape for more years than trees that have not been structurally pruned.
