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Painting treesThe white "stuff" they paint on the bottom of the tree is an insecticide. It keeps ants and other destructive bugs from burroughing into the bark and causing damage to the tree.
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White is often the color that denote "save" when planning tree cutting. Trees with a red mark will be removed, those with white trimmed or untouched by crews who follow.

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