Re: tree damage
- Subject: Re: [SG] tree damage
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:06:30 -0500
Nancy, is this just a strip, as in one that could have been torn off
when a branch fell? Or is it denuded of bark all the way around the
tree?
If just a strip, the tree will probably heal itself unless there is
some nefarious critter or disease at work. If a tree loses bark all
the way around, what is above that loss will die in most cases if the
cambium layer is lost with the outer bark.
Is there no strip of bark laying on the ground? Any smaller bits or
shred? Wonder what's gnawing bark 15' up the tree? Do you see any
holes in the trunk..round or rut like? Pileated woodpeckers can do a
fair amount of damage to wood in search of insects, but I've
generally seen that only in dead wood...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@RCN.COM>
>
> My neighbor just pointed out a tree between our houses that's
stripped of
> its bark just below and several feet above the crotch from which a
large
> branch emerges. The stripped area is at least 15 feet from the
ground so the
> damage couldn't possibly be from a car, etc. I'm positive that the
tree is
> not a maple so it can't be a victim of that dreaded beetle
(right?), which
> would cause the city to rush in and chop the tree down. The leaves
are down
> so I can't be sure but I think the tree is an old (40 or so foot)
black
> cherry. Is this as serious a situation as it appears to be?
> Nancy S. (zone 6B, NYC)
