On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:52:00 -0600, Nick wrote:

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 06:49:26 -0500, John Bachman
wrote:
Will someone please tell me define the "flare" of a tree?


At the base of the tree where the roots "flare" out from the trunk as
the disappear into the ground. All trees should have the flare above
ground. Otherwise feeder roots might wrap around the trunk, that is
called girdling. As the feeder root grows it strangles the cambrium
layer that is just below the bark, killing the tree.

John