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The process of digging or boring below the ground's surface, often using special machinery and supports, without an open trench. It is an alternative method for installing underground utilities that avoids cutting tree roots or damaging existing hardscapes or utilities.
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A detailed plan that outlines specific measures to protect trees during construction activities.
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The study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on the earth's surface, underground, and in the atmosphere.
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The act of creating a linear or curvilinear open excavation often used for installing utilities or structural footings. It can cause damage to tree roots.
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A wall constructed around a tree to maintain the original grade between the trunk and the walkway, with a raised grade beyond the wall. It protects the trunk and root zone from the negative effects of excessive soil accumulation.
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The transition zone from the trunk to the roots where the trunk expands into buttress or structural roots.
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The study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on the earth's surface, underground, and in the atmosphere.
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The process of digging or boring below the ground's surface, often using special machinery and supports, without an open trench. It is an alternative method for installing underground utilities that avoids cutting tree roots or damaging existing hardscapes or utilities.
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Detailed plans, requirements, and statements of specific procedures or standards used to define and guide work.

Soil Compaction
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Specifications
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Tree Island
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Access Route
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An enclosed planting bed surrounding a tree, often within a paved area or adjacent to a street.
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An imaginary line on the ground that defines the outermost reach of a single plant's branches or a group of plants' branches.
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The study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on the earth's surface, underground, and in the atmosphere.
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The transition zone from the trunk to the roots where the trunk expands into buttress or structural roots.
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A technique used to relieve soil compaction and improve rooting conditions around a tree. It involves excavating trenches in a spoke-like pattern radially from the trunk. Air excavation is often used to minimize root damage.

Radial Trenching
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Air Excavation Device
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Vertical Mulching
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Soil Compaction
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An area established during site development where construction activities and access are limited to protect trees and soil from damage and to maintain tree health and stability using various methods

Tree Protection Plan
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Tree Protection Zone (TPZ)
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Trenching
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Air Excavation Device
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A technique used for aeration or fertilization. It involves drilling vertical holes in the soil and filling them with materials to improve aeration.
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The soil compression, usually due to vehicle or heavy-equipment traffic, which breaks down soil aggregates, reduces soil volume and decreases total pore space, especially macropore space.
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The area around a tree where the minimum amount of roots are located that are essential for the tree's structural stability and health. There is no universally accepted method to calculate the CRZ.
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A device that directs a jet of highly compressed air to excavate the soil. It is used to minimize damage to tree roots or underground structures such as pipes and wires and to reduce hazards associated with excavation near them.
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Soil compaction is soil compression caused by vehicle or heavy-equipment traffic that breaks down soil aggregates, reduces soil volume, and decreases total pore space, especially macropore space.

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An enclosed planting bed surrounding a tree, often within a paved area or adjacent to a street.

Tree Island
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Access Route
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Trunk Flare
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Drip Line
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A technique used for aeration or fertilization. It involves drilling vertical holes in the soil and filling them with materials to improve aeration.
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A technique used to relieve soil compaction and improve rooting conditions around a tree. It involves excavating trenches in a spoke-like pattern radially from the trunk. Air excavation is often used to minimize root damage.
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The soil compression, usually due to vehicle or heavy-equipment traffic, which breaks down soil aggregates, reduces soil volume and decreases total pore space, especially macropore space.
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The area around a tree where the minimum amount of roots essential for the tree's structural stability and health are located. There is no universally accepted method to calculate the CRZ.
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The soil compression, usually due to a vehicle or heavy-equipment traffic, which breaks down soil aggregates, reduces soil volume and decreases total pore space, especially macropore space.

Radial Trenching
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Specifications
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Soil Grade
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Soil Compaction
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A wall constructed around a tree to maintain the original grade between the trunk and the walkway, with a raised grade beyond the wall. It protects the trunk and root zone from the negative effects of excessive soil accumulation.

Tunneling
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Tree Island
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Tree Well
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Soil Grade
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A technique used to relieve soil compaction and improve rooting conditions around a tree. It involves excavating trenches in a spoke-like pattern radially from the trunk. Air excavation is often used to minimize root damage.
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The soil compression, usually due to a vehicle or heavy-equipment traffic, which breaks down soil aggregates, reduces soil volume and decreases total pore space, especially macropore space.
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A device that directs a jet of highly compressed air to excavate the soil. It is used to minimize damage to tree roots or underground structures such as pipes and wires and to reduce hazards associated with excavation near them.
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The area around a tree where the minimum amount of roots essential for the tree's structural stability and health are located. There is no universally accepted method to calculate the CRZ.
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A Tree Protection Zone is an area established during site development where construction activities and access are limited to protect trees and soil from damage and to maintain tree health and stability using various methods.

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The transition zone from the trunk to the roots where the trunk expands into buttress or structural roots.

Trunk Flare
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Tree Island
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Drip Line
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Tunneling
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Detailed plans, requirements, and statements of specific procedures or standards used to define and guide work.
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A defined entrance and exit route for a property used during construction, tree work, or landscape operations.
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An enclosed planting bed surrounding a tree, often within a paved area or adjacent to a street.
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The transition zone from the trunk to the roots where the trunk expands into buttress or structural roots.
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A detailed plan that outlines specific measures to protect trees during construction activities.

Specifications
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Tree Protection Zone (TPZ)
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Trenching
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Tree Protection Plan
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A tree well is the slope or percentage of change in the surface level of the ground that is important for drainage and safe equipment operation.

FALSE
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The soil compression, usually due to vehicle or heavy-equipment traffic, which breaks down soil aggregates, reduces soil volume and decreases total pore space, especially macropore space.
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A technique used to relieve soil compaction and improve rooting conditions around a tree. It involves excavating trenches in a spoke-like pattern radially from the trunk. Air excavation is often used to minimize root damage.
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A wall constructed around a tree to maintain the original grade between the trunk and the walkway, with a raised grade beyond the wall. It protects the trunk and root zone from the negative effects of excessive soil accumulation.
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The surface level of the ground.
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The transition zone from the trunk to the roots where the trunk expands into buttress or structural roots.
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The study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on the earth's surface, underground, and in the atmosphere.
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A defined entrance and exit route for a property used during construction, tree work, or landscape operations.
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An imaginary line on the ground defined by the outermost reach of a single plant's branches or a group of plants' branches.
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