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Definition of girdling

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Definition as written by Floridian:

The choking of a branch by a wire or other material, most often in the stems of woody plants that have been tied too tightly to a stake or support.

Definition as written by talinum:

The removal of bark all around a stem or branch caused by animal or physical damage. Sometimes a rabbit will chew the bark off all around a trunk or branch in the winter. This causes the death of the plant.

Definition as written by imway2dumb:

Cutting completely around and through the cambium layer of a woody plant causing growth beyond that point to cease.


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