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A gigantic 164-year-old healthy silver maple at 3808 Old Orchard with a world-class girth of 188 inches is likely to be chopped down. NDG has reportedly lost about half of its staff of arborists over the years and as a result less maintenance and protection has been devoted to the heritage of trees that help make the area well-loved.
The tree, which grew long before NDG was well-populated area, has grown onto much of what's now the sidewalk, making it difficult for the small sidewalk-clearing vehicles to get around.
A borough official has publicly cited "poorly-healed wounds" and "structural defects," in the decision to kill the tree but in fact the wound is likely an unfilled trunk cavity which can be easily rectified simply by filing it.
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Oxford, Marcil and Old Orchard alone have lost dozens old silver maples in the last few years, and just this week the borough rid itself of yet another healthy world class silver maple (girth: 175 inches) at 5578 NDG Ave. near Old Orchard.
NDG is renowned for its shaded canopy of old trees, and has a unique heritage of some of Canada's biggest and oldest silver maple maples.
It's cheaper to cut the biggest and oldest trees than it is to care for them, leading to the regrettable eradication strategy being employed today.
A gigantic 164-year-old healthy silver maple at 3808 Old Orchard with a world-class girth of 188 inches is likely to be chopped down. NDG has reportedly lost about half of its staff of arborists over the years and as a result less maintenance and protection has been devoted to the heritage of trees that help make the area well-loved.The tree, which grew long before NDG was well-populated area, has grown onto much of what's now the sidewalk, making it difficult for the small sidewalk-clearing vehicles to get around.
A borough official has publicly cited "poorly-healed wounds" and "structural defects," in the decision to kill the tree but in fact the wound is likely an unfilled trunk cavity which can be easily rectified simply by filing it.
Oxford, Marcil and Old Orchard alone have lost dozens old silver maples in the last few years, and just this week the borough rid itself of yet another healthy world class silver maple (girth: 175 inches) at 5578 NDG Ave. near Old Orchard.NDG is renowned for its shaded canopy of old trees, and has a unique heritage of some of Canada's biggest and oldest silver maple maples.
It's cheaper to cut the biggest and oldest trees than it is to care for them, leading to the regrettable eradication strategy being employed today.