Appleton, Bonnie Lee, 1948-20122014-06-102014-06-102009-05-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/48778Few residential trees die of old age. Mechanical damage and improper tree care kill more trees than any insects or diseases. This publication shows 24 ways to void making the tree-damaging mistake. Few of these items alone would kill a tree, but multiple problems will certainly stress, and could eventually kill, a tree.2 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Trees, Shrubs, & GroundcoversForestryExtension publicationhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/430/430-210/430-210_pdf.pdfTreesDamageMechanical damageHandlingTree decline