London Planetree - help diagnose problem
I have a 25 foot tall London Planetree in the back yard.
This spring the bark separated from the wood at the base of the trunk, to a height of about 18 inches, almost all the way around the circumference. This is _not_ the normal bark peeling one would expect for this tree: The bark peeling off is about 3/8 inch thick, and bare wood (sapwood?) is exposed almost all the way around the trunk near the ground. When the bark first started falling off, about 4 weeks ago, the color of the exposed wood was orange-brown. Now the color has darked considerably to a brownish-black. Just today, I noticed there are about 2 dozen tiny holes in the bare wood, about the diameter of a pin, and I saw something moving in a couple of them. (When the bark first started falling off, about 4 weeks ago, there were no such holes). Surprisingly, there are buds on the tree and leaves appear to be forming normally. This was one of my favorite trees, and I have been watching it grow vigorously for 5 years. I've done a bunch of googling, and talked to several "master gardeners", but nobody has a clue what is going on, or why, or if the tree is about to die, or if there is anything I can do to save it. |
you have a dog problem esp [pit bulls love to tear the bark off london planes
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