Katy Deitz’s laurel oak was decades old, the trunk half the length of her body, when the hollowing effects of heart-rot decay rendered the tree unsafe to stand. Arborists felled the oak, and Deitz ...

such as cherrybark oak, laurel oak, live oak, nuttall oak, overcup oak, sawtooth oak, shumard oak, white oak, and specialty hardwood species (fruit-bearing), like mayhaw, native sweet pecan ...