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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?

Thanks Gerry u have a good point and having that understanding will suffice for now! Treelooker thanks for explaining that and the article

Lol that's definitely not my usual reading. I'll admit I had to re-read and look some words up

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...

I think they are Bradford pears there are a few that are worse but that's what I snapped real quick

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...