A centuries-old oak tree on the edge of Boston College’s Brighton Campus ... was commissioned by the University to carve the tree’s nearly six-foot-wide base into a three-dimensional portrayal of the ...

If your oak tree doesn't have enough space to grow or ... You want to be able to see the root collar, a flared portion at the base of the trunk just before the roots go into the ground.

where we drill into the base of the tree into a root flare like this,” Jones said. “And it’s a special antifungal specifically. It’s the one that most aggressively treats oak wilt.” ...