AS 4373-2007

1-AS 4373-2007 PRUNING OF AMENITY TREES
4-PREFACE
5-CONTENTS
6-FOREWORD
7-1 SCOPE
7-2 APPLICATION
7-3 DEFINITIONS
7-3.1 Amenity trees
7-3.2 Arborist
7-3.3 Australian Qualification Framework (AQF)
7-3.4 Bark
7-3.5 Branch
7-3.6 Branch bark ridge
8-3.7 Branch collar
8-3.8 Bud
8-3.9 Codominant stems
8-3.10 Compartmentalization
8-3.11 Coppicing
8-3.12 Crown
8-3.13 Crown lifting
8-3.14 Crown maintenance
8-3.15 Crown modification
8-3.16 Crown thinning
8-3.17 Deadwooding
8-3.18 Decay
8-3.19 Epicormic bud
8-3.20 Epicormic shoots
8-3.21 Espalier
8-3.22 Extruded bark
9-3.23 Feathering
9-3.24 Final cut
9-3.25 Flush cut
9-3.26 Formative pruning
9-3.27 Hanging branches
9-3.28 Included bark
9-3.29 Lateral
9-3.30 Lion's tailing
9-3.31 Lopping
9-3.32 Natural target pruning
9-3.33 Pathogen
9-3.34 Person suitably experienced and competent in arboriculture
9-3.35 Pleaching
9-3.36 Pollarding
9-3.37 Pre-cutting
10-3.38 Reduction pruning
10-3.39 Remedial (restorative) pruning
10-3.40 Selective pruning
10-3.41 Stem
10-3.42 Stem bark ridge
10-3.43 Topiary
10-3.44 Topping
10-3.45 Tree
10-3.46 Tree worker
10-3.47 Trunk
10-3.48 Wound
11-4 CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE PRUNING
11-5 PRUNING PROCEDURES
11-5.1 Equipment
11-5.2 Disinfection
11-5.3 Pre-cutting
11-5.4 Final cut
12-5.5 Branch lowering or dropping
12-5.6 Hanging branches
12-6 FOLIAGE DISTRIBUTION
12-6.1 Growth habit
12-6.2 Amount removed
12-6.3 Weight distribution
12-6.4 Crown distribution
15-7 PRUNING CLASSES
15-7.1 General
15-7.2 Crown maintenance
15-7.2.1 General
15-7.2.2 Deadwooding (D)
16-7.2.3 Crown thinning (T)
16-7.2.4 Selective pruning (S)
16-7.2.5 Formative pruning of young trees (F)
17-7.3 Crown modification
17-7.3.1 General
17-7.3.2 Reduction pruning (R)
18-7.3.3 Crown lifting (C)
18-7.3.4 Pollarding (P)
19-7.3.5 Remedial (restorative) pruning (H)
19-7.3.6 Line clearance (L)
19-7.4 Pruning of palms
20-8 UNACCEPTABLE PRACTICES
20-8.1 Lopping and topping
20-8.2 Wound painting
20-8.3 Flush cutting
20-9 ROOT PRUNING