Is this a defect?

[stehansen]

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?

[Stumper]

Steve, What could you see below the bark? I'm wondering whether it is a growth split ( no big deal) or it might be wind shivered-(scary).

[stehansen]

Bare wood Stumpie.

[MasterBlaster]

It looks like ice damage, but that can't be it.

[stehansen]

That's the white stuff right?

[Old Monkey]

That's the kind of mark that dark magic leaves on you. Avada Kedavra would be my guess.

[stehansen]

That was my next guess.

[CurSedVoyce]

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]

cant really tell

[No_Bivy]

fungal prob that blows the bark off? whats under the loose stuff?

[thattreeguy]

standard issue for euc growth
generally not a concern, look underneath the bark just to be sure,
are you sure about the red flowers?

[thattreeguy]

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?

[stehansen]

standard issue for euc growth
generally not a concern, look underneath the bark just to be sure,
are you sure about the red flowers?

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]

got a better pic of the leaves

[stehansen]

Nope, those are the only pictures that I took.

[thattreeguy]

are the leaves round...silver dollar?
or long and skinny, pointy at the end
flooded gum?
it looked like silver dollar euc

[Frans]

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.

[stehansen]

They are long and skinny. The bark is kind of fuzzy and thick as you can see.

[gf beranek]

Looks wind shook to me. I'd be Leary of it.

[thattreeguy]

i dont think its a ficifola
bark looks too much like silver dollar-euc pollyanthimus
or flooded gum - euc rudis

[NickfromWI]

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]

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?

[Frans]

All shaggy bark trees exfoliate their bark plates

[NickfromWI]

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.

love
nick

[stehansen]

It looks healthy, and it is leaning with the preveiling wind.

[NickfromWI]

It looks healthy, and it is leaning with the preveiling wind.

Away from the clients house and towards the neighbor's house? Then no prob!!!
;)

[stehansen]

Yep.

[treesandsurf]

What about trying to pry apart the bark just enough to get a closer look for any cracking or fissuring behind the bark.

Looks like a little bit more than just growth fissures.

jp:D

[MasterBlaster]

Ain't nothing wrong ( bark tracing ) with removing the loose stuff.