There is an obviously rotted tree nearby along the road, but I don't think it died from the same thing. But it'll probably fall with a decent storm. 1/3rd of the trunk is fallen away.

That's not the same tree as the young one.

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remove and replace a 50 % dead 14'' maple and a 16'' dead oak - within 90 days

tree's were removed

This issue was recategorized from Tree Concern to Tree stump removal.

The original tree mentioned is still there. It's the smaller tree.

Since a second tree I mentioned in the comments was removed, should I just put in a new one for the small tree?

This issue was recategorized from Tree stump removal to Do you wish to have your street tree replaced?.

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