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Squirrels, insects and lightning strikes may be the reason for dead tree branches. Pruning the dead branch will solve the problem in most cases. This has been a long, hot, wet summer and soon fall ...

This is a common sight in planted woodland. A plantation of trees will have a nurse crop, usually of fir trees, planted quite close to the main crop to encourage straight, upward growth of the trunks.