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Is this true to some extent? I’ve always lived in places where oaks aren’t natives or abundant
Roots are more or less the life blood of a tree, and while small damage by itself won’t kill it (to my knowledge) it opens it up way more severely to pests and “infection”, promptly killing the plant.
*I’m not a botanist, this is an answer based off of my “common knowledge”.
Please use this for better sources or salted information: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak
Many trees can regrow quite drastically when cut back. Even stumps resprout in various tree species. But fungal infections can really take a toll on trees, so any wound is certainly a risk. So there is some truth to the meme, it is just hyperbolic.
Fair but since the meme was pointing at oaks I was wondering if they had a reputation for being susceptible to root damage
Physical damage? It depends on the damage, I assume, but overall, they are pretty sensitive to root rot, etc. Climate change hits them hard. Check out Oliver Rackham’s work, he is a better read than the cover implies.
Ohohohoh do cypress trees next lol