pruning
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19 sectionsContents
- Pruning terms
- [[Branch]] wood
- [[Trunk (botany)|Trunk]] wood
- [[Branch collar]]
- Branch bark ridge
- Types of pruning
- Deadwooding
- Preventive structural pruning
- Subordination pruning
- Crown thinning
- Crown raising
- Vista pruning
- Crown reduction
- Pollarding
- Time period
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Two workers pruning street trees in London during World War I
Pruning is the selective removal of certain parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots. It is practiced in horticulture (especially fruit tree pruning), arboriculture, and silviculture.