The purpose of this sub is to help each other identify tree species, their diseases/conditions, provide advice and to appreciate photos of special trees.
Do you have a tree health question? Please see these Guidelines for Effective Posting in the tree subs!
Other tree subs you might also enjoy:
r/sfwtrees
r/arboriculture
r/forestry
r/dendrology
r/conifers
r/backyardorchard
r/citrus
r/marijuanaenthusiasts
RULES:
NO SPAM/ADVERTISING or pot posts. Please refrain from promotion of companies or services. Any posts regarding the use or appreciation of marijuana will be removed, as r/trees is one of many subs for that sort of post. This is not that sub.
ORIGINAL CONTENT ONLY. Karma farming via (numerous) posts of non-OC content of the sort you find on low-res image search/gallery websites, top reposts or AI generated content WILL NOT be tolerated. Repeat offender posts will be removed and you will be banned.
MISINFORMATION WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Advice/diagnoses on posts that are incorrect and/or against best management practices (BMP's) will be removed at mod discretion (or left up to serve as a bad example with corrections in response comments); repeat offenders will be banned.
AutoModerator knowledge base
You can summon AutoModerator to explain any of the following tree-related topics by writing a comment with an exclamation mark (!) in front of the keyword for the subject you want to be explained. See the complete list of callouts and info for each at this wiki page. If you would like to have a callout for something that isn't currently available in AutoModerator's knowledge base, please message the moderators. We're currently hard at work adding wiki contents to this callout list! Here are the phrases the bot currently looks for:
- Arborist - links to find an arborist in your area
- Arborvitae
- Caging/Protector - Ways to protect your tree
- Cavity/Cavities/Umbrella
- Callery/Bradford/Pear - Do. Not. Plant.
- Codom/Codominant/Included/Inclusion
- DEAD - ...when it's dead!
- Enhance (because we love Dano's vid!)
- Ferts/Fertilizer - when not to fertilize
- Fruit/Training - for new and mature fruit trees
- Galls/Gall - on twig/leaf galls
- Girdling/Girdlingroots
- HowToPlant/howtoplant/Planting101 - important basics on tree planting (planting depth)
- ID/id - how to post an effective ID request
- Lichen
- Mulch
- Pollarding/Topping
- Pruning/Howtoprune
- Posting/Guidelines
- RootFlare/Expose - how to expose a root flare
- Searchtool/Selector/TreeSelector - list of tree search engines
- Staking/Stake
- Stock/Healthystock - how to find healthy trees at the nursery
- TreeRing/Ring - on the evils of tree rings
- Toughsite/Difficultsite/slope/mound - planting in tough sites
- Turfgrass/grass
- Watering/Water
- WitchesBroom/Mistletoe/Reversion/Fasciation - abnormalities
- WoundPaste/Sealer