Tree uprooting
{{Short description|Pulling a tree out of the ground with roots attached}}
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Uprooting is a form of treefall in which the root plate of a tree is torn from the soil, disrupting and mixing it and leaving a pit-mound.{{Cite journal |last=Šamonil |first=Pavel |last2=Král |first2=Kamil |last3=Hort |first3=Libor |year=2010 |title=The role of tree uprooting in soil formation: A critical literature review |journal=Geoderma |publisher=Elsevier BV |volume=157 |issue=3–4 |pages=65–79 |bibcode=2010Geode.157...65S |doi=10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.03.018 |issn=0016-7061}}{{Cite journal |last=Schaetzl |first=Randall J. |last2=Burns |first2=Scott F. |last3=Johnson |first3=Donald L. |last4=Small |first4=Thomas W. |year=1988 |title=Tree uprooting: review of impacts on forest ecology |journal=Vegetatio |publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC |volume=79 |issue=3 |pages=165–176 |doi=10.1007/bf00044908 |issn=0042-3106}}
Purposes
= Transplanting =
Small trees can be replanted if their root system is well attached to the trunk.{{Cite web |last=Gerard |first=Jack |date=14 December 2018 |title=Can an Uprooted Tree Be Replanted? |url=https://homeguides.sfgate.com/can-uprooted-tree-replanted-65165.html |access-date=2 August 2021 |website=SFGATE.com |publisher=Hearst Communications, Inc}} Trees can suffer from transplant shock when moved to new environment, and that causes the tree not to be able to root itself properly.
= Ecosystem maintenance =
Uprooting can be an effective method for efforts to remove unwanted woody species from an ecosystem, e.g., in the context of woody plant encroachment.{{Cite journal |last=Castillo-Garcia |first=Miguel |last2=Alados |first2=Concepción L. |last3=Ramos |first3=Javier |last4=Pueyo |first4=Yolanda |date=2024-01-01 |title=Effectiveness of two mechanical shrub removal treatments for restoring sub-alpine grasslands colonized by re-sprouting woody vegetation |journal=Journal of Environmental Management |volume=349 |pages=119450 |bibcode=2024JEnvM.34919450C |doi=10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119450 |issn=0301-4797 |pmid=37897902 |doi-access=free}}