Maple tree bark peeling
 

I've got a maple tree that was planted 2-3 year ago. The tree seemed
week from very beginning - the leaves were not as thick, they appeared
later and fell earlier. I was not sure whether that was a reason to be
concerned. Last year, however, I've noticed that the bark on the tree
cracked and is peeling. The peeling area is rather big - up to 30 % of
the width of the tree. The peeled bark is as dry as on a dead tree. Is
there something wrong with a tree? Should I treat it with something?
I know next to nothing about gardening and appreciate any info I can
get,
Sasha

sasha wrote:
I've got a maple tree that was planted 2-3 year ago. The tree seemed
week from very beginning - the leaves were not as thick, they
appeared later and fell earlier. I was not sure whether that was a
reason to be concerned. Last year, however, I've noticed that the
bark on the tree cracked and is peeling. The peeling area is rather
big - up to 30 % of the width of the tree. The peeled bark is as
dry as on a dead tree. Is there something wrong with a tree? Should
I treat it with something? I know next to nothing about gardening
and appreciate any info I can get,
Sasha

Peeling bark on some maples are natural/

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8b
Sunset Zone 5

Travis wrote:


Peeling bark on some maples are natural/


Like the Paperbark Maple. It has beautiful peeling bark. Mine was a 2"
caliper when planted. The leaves were tiny little bits, but every year
it looks better.

J

Do you know to what extend would peeling be natural? In this case, not
just outside layer of the bark is pealing, but the whole bark is
peeling leaving exposed bare tree trunk. Looks very sick.
Sasha

Travis wrote:
sasha wrote:
I've got a maple tree that was planted 2-3 year ago. The tree
seemed
week from very beginning - the leaves were not as thick, they
appeared later and fell earlier. I was not sure whether that was a
reason to be concerned. Last year, however, I've noticed that the
bark on the tree cracked and is peeling. The peeling area is rather
big - up to 30 % of the width of the tree. The peeled bark is as
dry as on a dead tree. Is there something wrong with a tree? Should
I treat it with something? I know next to nothing about gardening
and appreciate any info I can get,
Sasha

Peeling bark on some maples are natural/

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8b
Sunset Zone 5

sasha wrote:
Do you know to what extend would peeling be natural? In this case,
not just outside layer of the bark is pealing, but the whole bark is
peeling leaving exposed bare tree trunk. Looks very sick.
Sasha

Is it peeling down to the cambium layer. That would not be right.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8b
Sunset Zone 5

Travis wrote:
sasha wrote:
I've got a maple tree that was planted 2-3 year ago. The tree
seemed week from very beginning - the leaves were not as thick,
they appeared later and fell earlier. I was not sure whether that
was a reason to be concerned. Last year, however, I've noticed
that the bark on the tree cracked and is peeling. The peeling
area is rather big - up to 30 % of the width of the tree. The
peeled bark is as dry as on a dead tree. Is there something wrong
with a tree? Should I treat it with something? I know next to
nothing about gardening and appreciate any info I can get,
Sasha

Peeling bark on some maples are natural/

--

Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8b
Sunset Zone 5