Bark peeling off a Norwegian Sunset Maple
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Comments (13)Contrary to everyone else, I think you're tree will be fine. That looks like a common winter injury or sunscald to me. Research it so you understand, but it's simply when the trunk of a tree heats up during winter days, possibly from reflections from snow, and then at night the temp of the trunk drops back down below freezing. Or it can happen from a few nights of freeze in the late spring. During these weather conditions tissue on the trunk dies, especially on the side where the wind comes from. This may have actually happen a year or two ago, because it looks to me that it has already started closing the wound. Do you see the swelling tissue around the perimeter of the wound? That is new wood and bark tissue growing to cover the wound. I live in zone 6 also, and this is somewhat common due to the winters here being back and forth between freezing and warm all winter. I have a red maple, an October glory maple, and a willow oak with the same type of winter injury, although not quite as big. And they have almost completely covered the injury and are doing fine. Personally, I think a lot of people here are too quick to say "dig it up and plant a new one". We tend to forget that these are trees. Over time they are going to get a few knots and injuries, it's impossible to grow a perfect, fully mature specimen. If every tree died from some sort of winter injury, we would not have any forests. When you invest money and years into a tree, you can't dig it out over every little thing. Give it another growing season, and if the foliage stays good all summer and you can see the new wood swelling over the edges of the injury, you'll be fine....See MoreJapanese Maple Bark falling off?
Comments (5)Sure can't see any significant damage on the above photo. If nothing more than that on the others, I doubt I would worry much......could very well be squirrels. Remove the paper and tape - that can cause more issues than squirrels if left in place! If worried about further damage, you can gently wrap/squeeze some chicken wire or wire screening around the affected portions but I doubt that is really necessary. Bark damage is not critical unless the bark is completely removed all around the entire circumference of the trunk or branches....See MoreJapanese Maple Bark Peeling
Comments (7)I don't see the source of any confusion...but too clarify... A single modestly sized branch has bark peeling. All branches downstream of it appear dead, and either have no leaves or shriveled dry leaves. There is one branch, immediately downstream of the afflicted branch, that still has healthy leaves on it. I'd prefer not to remove a "struggling" branch, since all the leaves are fine, and the branches are large and would constitute the removal of a sizable portion of the tree. I can remove the one branch with dead leaves, as it certainly appears dead, but cutting it off upstream of the split bark, means removal of a side branch that is still healthy. All other branches on the tree that have peeling bark, have no sign of dying leaves. There are other branches on the tree, which do not have any peeling bark. Other observations and notes. The bark is not being chewed off. The bark is developing splits which then open up, and the bark curls away. In January or thereabout, it became extraordinarily cold here, down to perhaps 25, though the weather report said in places it reached 22. We had an early spring and the tree popped with leaves pretty early, and then it got cold again, but not freezing. The peeling is only on the west side and only afflicts branches near the top of the tree. Nothing else has changed with the tree. Sorry, I don't know what the local extension office is. Phil...See Morebark damage to young Red Sunset Maple
Comments (3)IMHO, VERY survivable. Take good care of the tree, and it should be fine. May take a couple years for the damage to completely be repaired....See Morexxxxxx56
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