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Lightning debarked my tree
Peabody wrote: Last night my river birch was hit by lightning. I guess that explains why you shouldn't stand under a tree during a storm. Anyway, the tree is still standing, but it lost a significant portion of its bark on about the bottom 20 ft. of the trunk. There are no scorch marks, so I guess the bark was just popped off when the moisture underneath turned to steam instantaneously. I collected a garbage can full of bark chunks. Do I need to do anything to the denuded areas, or just leave it alone? Is there a chance the tree will actually survive long term. I assume its innards got quite a jolt, but don't know what that means to a tree. A tree guy told me that most trees die as a result of lightning strikes. The damage doesn't look bad, a crack down the side and some missing bark. But, insects get in and over a period of years, kill the tree. |
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