Wind - Hollows – Cracks  - Trees with extensive hollows are at high risk for fracture during moderate to high winds.  Cracks usually are more prone to fracturing than hollows.  Trees play games in the wind.  Sometimes they get rough!

See "Cracks".  See "Hollows".

(See TREE PITHY POINTS, SHIGO, 1999 pg 113)

 

 


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