FarmallCT
02-14-2021, 09:19 PM
Hi All,
While putting up lines this past weekend I discovered a handful of trees that appear to have some pretty significant damage, primarily in the form of dead wood showing underneath the bark.
In several of the trees the dead wood under the bark is the only visible damage. On others, there is evidence of tunneling and holes in the bark. Several appear to be splitting in two and most appear to have multiple dead or dying limbs.
I had initially thought this may be in some way related to wet ground, as a good few of these trees are in a wetter area where runoff from a field flows, but several larger trees along the road show similar signs plus insect damage and are in a different location near the top of a hill with not as wet ground.
Any thoughts as to what this might be from? I have just finished setting up a new sugar bush and would like to take care of this if it is an issue that needs to be addressed. To my knowledge, these woods have not been tapped previously, at least not in recent times. There is some wire fence through a few trees. Not sure if this would explain the straight line in the one picture, but it is definitely not the case in the others shown.
Images attached below.
Thank you,
Matt
21954219552195621957
While putting up lines this past weekend I discovered a handful of trees that appear to have some pretty significant damage, primarily in the form of dead wood showing underneath the bark.
In several of the trees the dead wood under the bark is the only visible damage. On others, there is evidence of tunneling and holes in the bark. Several appear to be splitting in two and most appear to have multiple dead or dying limbs.
I had initially thought this may be in some way related to wet ground, as a good few of these trees are in a wetter area where runoff from a field flows, but several larger trees along the road show similar signs plus insect damage and are in a different location near the top of a hill with not as wet ground.
Any thoughts as to what this might be from? I have just finished setting up a new sugar bush and would like to take care of this if it is an issue that needs to be addressed. To my knowledge, these woods have not been tapped previously, at least not in recent times. There is some wire fence through a few trees. Not sure if this would explain the straight line in the one picture, but it is definitely not the case in the others shown.
Images attached below.
Thank you,
Matt
21954219552195621957