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Tree-Tip Technical Terms
Tree-Tip: The process of uprooting and tipping over of trees by strong winds, commonly resulting in a small depression from which the root-ball is displaced and an adjacent mound from the sediments subsequently sloughed from the root ball. Most prevalent in shallow forested soils over a restrictive layer (e.g. bedrock); also called tree-throw, windthrow. Compare – tree-tip mound, tree-tip pit. SW