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I am having a problem with a Live Oak Tree (This tree is very big. est to years old). Very large chunks of bark are falling off the Tree.
The circumference of my live oak is now 53 inches, and I am down to only 7.
It has almost ringed the tree truck about 12 feet off the ground. But the leaves are still green, and the crown is full. This tree is so old and big, I would hate to lose it. Oct 19, Bark falls off after excessive heat, which, like frost damage, strips bark down to the wood. Bark falls off an unhealthy tree, which means you’d see other signs of stress such as cankers, sap, or dead leaves and twigs.
If bark is falling off my tree, is it dying? Sadly, there’s no easy yes or no to this question. But, if the tree appears overall healthy, there’s a good chance it’s just peeling for growth. If. May 16, The first is that the trees have simply had two drought-free years of growth and the trunks are expanding more rapidly than the bark can accommodate.
Another possibility is that the trees have smooth patch disease. This fungus decomposes the outer bark of trees, particularly white oak, and causes it to slough off. After a storm you might see several large pieces of bark at the base of the tree.
Neither condition hurts the tree. May 08, I have a BEAUTIFUL quite large live oak that I planted back in It looks SUPER VIGOROUS AND HEALTHY except the bark is coming off at the base of the trunk near the ground. There is now less than half the tree trunk's worth of healthy bark.
I removed the bark that was loose or rotting all the way to healthy bark about 2 months ago. Hypoxylon canker is a fungal disease that is exacerbated by environmental stresses such as drought and root injury. The disease causes bark to slough off the trunk and branches, revealing brownish.