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General Forestry => Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. => Topic started by: ReggieT on January 01, 2014, 07:59:16 PM

Title: What's eating this tree?
Post by: ReggieT on January 01, 2014, 07:59:16 PM
Went to inspect some land I'm contemplating buying, and I noticed about 30 tree's with this ailment/disease...it was more pronounced on some than others, but very noticeable. :-\

Any ideas what this is?
This is a young black locust.

Thanks
Reg
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Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 01, 2014, 10:07:19 PM
Looks like some kind of canker. I've never seen that before. I'll see if I can find anything.
Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: ReggieT on January 01, 2014, 10:30:14 PM
Still good for firewood, eh? ;)
Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: clww on January 01, 2014, 11:12:27 PM
For sure. :)
Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: sprucebunny on January 02, 2014, 06:35:23 AM
I see faces  :o !

Must be the rare "mood tree". A bunch of them in a forest would be spooky.

:new_year:
Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: chain on January 02, 2014, 12:59:14 PM
What kind of woodpeckers do you have down there ?
Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: goose63 on January 02, 2014, 01:07:55 PM
Quote from: chain on January 02, 2014, 12:59:14 PM
What kind of woodpeckers do you have down there ?
Must be my x wife running around she is in Prescott I think smiley_nananana
Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 02, 2014, 01:36:35 PM
Check out this link which explains how to tell which group of disease organisms is causing your canker.

http://www.hortweek.com/news/1073834

If they were my trees, they would be dead, down and burned. Canker causing organisms can spread from tree to tree with raindrops, wind, insects, woodpeckers, sapsuckers and the like. Getting rid of sick trees cuts down on the chance of more infections and removes individuals from the gene pool that have proven to be susceptible. ;D

Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: ReggieT on January 02, 2014, 04:27:16 PM
Quote from: chain on January 02, 2014, 12:59:14 PM
What kind of woodpeckers do you have down there ?
Very muscular & angry ones!  :D
Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: ReggieT on January 02, 2014, 04:31:15 PM
Quote from: sprucebunny on January 02, 2014, 06:35:23 AM
I see faces  :o !

Must be the rare "mood tree". A bunch of them in a forest would be spooky.
Yeah, my wife thought much the same...told me she wish I'd pass up even harvesting them for firewood...didn't won't to see the grimaced looks as they were being consumed by the flames!! ::)
Told her she's watching too much "SCI-FI!" channel... :D

:new_year:
Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: Shotgun on January 02, 2014, 05:28:47 PM
Reggie T. - It appears that there's a response included in your 'quote' box with sprucebunny's quote.  Doing this makes it difficult for us poor folks to sort out the quote from the response.  The solution is to make your responding post outside the quote box. Not hard to do, but it would really help.     ;)

Norm
Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: ReggieT on January 02, 2014, 05:35:05 PM
DONE!
Title: Re: What's eating this tree?
Post by: Weekend_Sawyer on January 02, 2014, 06:25:06 PM
Is that a black tupelo? In WV they look like that, very soft wood and they make great den trees.
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