 Now, a lot of work has gone on with this, and I'm happy to report that you can download the brochure at treesforohio.org. And I wanted to go over a couple of the really important steps when you go plant the tree. First of all, when you go to plant a tree, it's very important that you locate the root flare. The root flare is that area where the tree has a swallowing on the trunk. It branches off into what we call the first order of roots.