I'm in Miid-Michigan. Not sure what kind of Maple it is, there were
planted when I was much younger. The splits are on southeast side of
the trees. The wood underneath doesn't appear to have any deformations

Mike

On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:41:31 -0400, "Mike LaMana"
fake@MikeatHeartwoodConsultingdotnet wrote:

Where are you? What kind of maple? What side of the trunk (compass
orientation)? Is the bark anomaly associated with any other deformation of
the wood beneath?