<P> Girdling , also called ring - barking is the complete removal of a strip of bark ( consisting of cork cambium or `` phellogen '' , phloem , cambium and sometimes going into the xylem ) from around the entire circumference of either a branch or trunk of a woody plant . Girdling results in the death of the area above the girdle over time . A branch completely girdled will fail and when the main trunk of a tree is girdled , the entire tree will die , if it can not regrow from above to bridge the wound . Among the causes of girdling are human practices , including forestry , horticulture , and vandalism . Foresters use the practice of girdling to thin forests . Girdling can also be caused by herbivorous mammals feeding on plant bark and by birds and insects , both of which can effectively girdle a tree by boring rows of adjacent holes . </P>
<P> Girdling , also called ring - barking is the complete removal of a strip of bark ( consisting of cork cambium or `` phellogen '' , phloem , cambium and sometimes going into the xylem ) from around the entire circumference of either a branch or trunk of a woody plant . Girdling results in the death of the area above the girdle over time . A branch completely girdled will fail and when the main trunk of a tree is girdled , the entire tree will die , if it can not regrow from above to bridge the wound . Among the causes of girdling are human practices , including forestry , horticulture , and vandalism . Foresters use the practice of girdling to thin forests . Girdling can also be caused by herbivorous mammals feeding on plant bark and by birds and insects , both of which can effectively girdle a tree by boring rows of adjacent holes . </P>
what does it mean to girdle a tree
what does it mean to girdle a tree
the complete removal of a strip of bark ( consisting of cork cambium or `` phellogen '' , phloem , cambium and sometimes going into the xylem ) from around the entire circumference of either a branch or trunk of a woody plant
the complete removal of a strip of bark ( consisting of cork cambium or `` phellogen '' , phloem , cambium and sometimes going into the xylem ) from around the entire circumference of either a branch or trunk of a woody plant