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Despite their miraculous vascular cambiums, “it’s probable that even ginkgo trees may die from ‘natural causes,’” said Richard Dixon, one of the authors of January’s ginkgo paper.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2020

If the sapwood is thin, and the bark is so thick as to put great obstacles in the way of the junction of the upper and lower cambiums, death may result—the tree is permanently ringed.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall