So am I correct in saying that this is reiteration and not a watersprout? Does topping or heading apply to reiterations since they take on the form of a tree?
Here's the definition of reiteration cut and pasted from the link in my first post:
Reiteration is the process whereby architectural units are repli- cated within a tree (Hallé et al. 1978). There are two basic types of reiteration: immediate or sylleptic reiteration (nomen- clature after...
I was just using them as an example. I was looking for some explanation of reiteration. I understand "water sprout" and "suckers" are terms used to describe epicormic growth but from the article I read it sounds like the same thing. The posts I read on the buzz suggest that reiteration and...
Can someone explain to me the difference of the two? Reiteration is a new term to me and I came across the topic on another forum so I started looking into it and here's an article I found http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/3/455.full.pdf.
I frequently drive by these trees so I went...
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