A customer asked me if this would make the tree dangerous. It is a eucalylptus, I'm not sure what the name is but it is the kind that has the red flowers if that helps any. I told the customer that I thought that since there was no "bleeding" coming from the wood that it wouldn't effect the trees integrity. What say you?
Is this a defect?
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MasterBlaster
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It looks like ice damage, but that can't be it.
Old Monkey
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That's the kind of mark that dark magic leaves on you. Avada Kedavra would be my guess.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
There is an oak like that were I was working today. Can't tell you what did it, but it is healing nicely. Bark is currently flaking as the healing is progressing around the wound .... New cambium is pushing the old bark off.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
cant really tell
thattreeguy
TreeHouser
standard issue for euc growth
generally not a concern, look underneath the bark just to be sure,
are you sure about the red flowers?
generally not a concern, look underneath the bark just to be sure,
are you sure about the red flowers?
thattreeguy
TreeHouser
standard issue for euc growth
look under the bark to be sure, but that is real common with eucs
are you sure about the red flowers?
look under the bark to be sure, but that is real common with eucs
are you sure about the red flowers?
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Pretty sure, not positive. I could tell you for sure in a couple of months. If you are a Euc guy, maybe you can tell from the bark? The tree is kind of leaning out over the neighbor's house but it isn't a large tree.
thattreeguy
TreeHouser
got a better pic of the leaves
thattreeguy
TreeHouser
are the leaves round...silver dollar?
or long and skinny, pointy at the end
flooded gum?
it looked like silver dollar euc
or long and skinny, pointy at the end
flooded gum?
it looked like silver dollar euc
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Frans
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I think Zorro was practicing his technique on that tree. usual to see the bark plates separating altho I can understand why the client is concerned as that could look like structural problems.
Could be a silver dollar euc but I think it may be a Ficifolia which is commonly installed in landscape situations.
Could be a silver dollar euc but I think it may be a Ficifolia which is commonly installed in landscape situations.
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gf beranek
Old Schooler
Looks wind shook to me. I'd be Leary of it.
thattreeguy
TreeHouser
i dont think its a ficifola
bark looks too much like silver dollar-euc pollyanthimus
or flooded gum - euc rudis
bark looks too much like silver dollar-euc pollyanthimus
or flooded gum - euc rudis
NickfromWI
King of Splices
I think it's ficifolia, too...that was my first impression. As I know it, it's bark is much harrier than E. polyanthemos.
thattreeguy
TreeHouser
you may be right hard to tell from the pic, and i only have a few varieties of euc here
unlike so cal and its abundance of varieties,
what do you think about the bark seperation?
unlike so cal and its abundance of varieties,
what do you think about the bark seperation?
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Frans
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All shaggy bark trees exfoliate their bark plates
NickfromWI
King of Splices
The bark separation does look a little funky. It definitely raises an eyebrow and deserves a closer look. It doesn't look like normal peeling that you see in trees with exfoliating bark. There is a lot of separation in one spot.
What does the rest of the tree look like? Healthy? Leaning?
I'd get back there and do some excavating to see if I can see what's in that exposed area.
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nick
What does the rest of the tree look like? Healthy? Leaning?
I'd get back there and do some excavating to see if I can see what's in that exposed area.
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nick
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