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Re: tree damage

> My parents have a 30 year old silver maple that was damaged this weekend.
> The tree was hit by a car traveling at a high rate of speed (police estimate
> around 75 miles per hour).  The bark from the tree trunk is totally gone at
> the bottom part of the trunk; starting at a height about 4 ft and down and
> going around 75% of the circumference of the trunk.  The main part of the
> trunk is about 2.5 feet in diameter, widening out to around 4 feet at the
> base.  The 25% of remaining bark at this bottom portion of the trunk is
> pretty loose.  The city sent out a forestry person who says that it is
> likely the tree will die.  My dad would dearly love to save the tree if it
> is possible since it provides shade for his house and yard.  He is willing
> to wait to see how the tree will do but feels like he'd like to do something
> to help it along.  Guess the question is -- is there anything that can be
> done?  The city forestry person said that they used to put some kind of
> overing/coating over the remaining bark to hold it in place but that they
> found it didn't help a whole lot.

You could try performing a bridge graft on the tree.  Here's some URLs
that I found that might be of interest:

   http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/facts/98-003.htm
   http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modc3/32994003.html

Good luck!

Chris
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