“Aberraculture” is no more a real word than “horridculture” is. Just as “horridculture” is like a contraction of “horrid” and “culture” that seems to describe horrid horticulture without actually doing so, “Aberraculture” is like a contraction of “aberrative” and “culture” that seems to describe aberrative arboriculture without actually doing so. Perhaps the illustration above provides a better explanation. I suspect this happened because the entire canopy of this particular Quercus agrifolia, coast live oak, extended over the fence and the driveway within the fence from which it needed to be pruned for clearance. However, because of the fence at the edge of the driveway, the trunk could not be cut completely to the ground. Whoever did this lacked access through a nearby gate. The dinky limb and stubbed limb at the top of this severed trunk seem to be a pathetic attempt to cut back to a lateral limb, as if it somehow makes this a proper cut. If this trunk had remained, it would have generated rampant growth that would extend in all directions, including back over the driveway that necessitated this procedure. It is gone now, and the stump should be dead. Because this was on a property where I work, I did not want anyone to see it there. I have no idea who did it, since it was done for an adjacent property, and whoever made arrangements for it did not want to trouble us with it. I only noticed because the adjacent property happens to be a bank that I do business with. I probably should occasionally inspect such fenclines for potential problems before something like this happens again. They are easy to neglect because, although close to some landscapes outside, they are so far from the trees and refined landscapes that we maintain within.