Windthrow

A large-scale event in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

*Juniperus virginiana* var. *silicicola* windsnapped by Hurricane Irma.

Young spruce group marginal windthrow area twelve years after Kyrill

Video of windthrow in Tammneeme, Estonia

In forestry, windthrow refers to trees uprooted by wind. Breakage of the tree bole (trunk) instead of uprooting is called windsnap.^[1] Blowdown refers to both windthrow and windsnap.

^ Allen, Douglas C. (1999). "Identifying Trees at Risk from Ice and Wind" (PDF). New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Damage such as this often renders a tree bole susceptible to "windsnap" at the point of injury.

[NY-1] Allen, Douglas C. (1999). "Identifying Trees at Risk from Ice and Wind" (PDF). New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Damage such as this often renders a tree bole susceptible to "windsnap" at the point of injury.

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