Cutting tree roots always damages the tree. Can the tree recover from this damage? The right answer is: It depends. From your description, the root removal sounds ominous.

Trees exposed to high winds are less able to withstand having their roots cut. Pruning roots close to the trunk does more harm to a tree than cutting smaller, more distant roots.

Covering a tree's roots above ground can limit the tree's access to oxygen and moisture which helps them grow and stay healthy. Avoid cutting, trimming, or removing tree roots because it can make ...

The primary functions of roots are to anchor the tree to the ground, store carbohydrates, absorb water and nutrients, and conduct those nutrients to the vascular system of the tre ...

Tree roots growing at or slightly above the soil surface are called surface roots. Homeowners having trees with these surface roots are frustrated with the additional challenges posed by mowing and ...

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for cutting down the iconic Sycamore Gap Tree ...

However, that doesn’t mean it is impossible to get an apple tree to root from a hardwood cutting, but the success rate will be low and it may take up to six months for the cutting to root.

Now my tree is showing signs of dying. An arborist tells me there is no disease, so he can only surmise this unhealthy condition is because of my neighbor’s cutting my tree roots.

Ernest “Big Daddy” Bux’s favorite old, majestic cypress tree “Cyrus” has a wide draping canopy near his property line adjoining his neighbor Sonny ...

And that’s it! Unlike many other plants, willow trees root easily, without the need to apply rooting hormone to the cuttings.

Some courts have taken the view this right extends to cutting roots back to the property line as well. That view is outdated and extremely risky from a liability standpoint.