Keep your maples healthy & hearty by learning to recognize common maple tree diseases & knowing how to prevent or treat them ...

What causes maple tree bark to split? Published: Aug. 26, 2007, 6:13 p.m. By . bdegroff; Q: Over the last couple of years, our Norway and Sunset maples have developed long, vertical splits in the ...

First, some maple trees do shed plates of bark, and sometimes these can be in rings around the tree. However, the tree is already putting on a new tough layer underneath that will now be the new bark.

Q. I have a small Japanese maple planted in a wooden container. It’s been doing great but last year mushrooms started sprouting at the base, which I removed as they appeared. I’m now wondering ...

Squirrels chewing bark on oak, maple trees. Published: Jul. 23, 2009, 3:41 a.m. By . ... Squirrels can cause damage, from nipping off the tips of limbs to stripping the bark off trees.

Q: I have a 'Red Sunset' maple tree that has what looks to be split bark on the south side of the trunk. It is a relatively young tree, and I do not want to lose it. I'm attaching a photo so you ...

When we see something weird growing on tree bark, it is usually algae, lichens, moss, or fungi (or a combination of these). These can be gray, white, green, or even orange.

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about the cause of bark cracks on a maple tree and best perennial daisy for our climate. SUBSCRIBE NOW 3 months/99¢ a month Show Search.

The fungus spreads by spores, and it’s those spores that can enter a person’s lungs and cause an allergic reaction called Maple Bark Disease. In parts of Europe, tree fallers toppling infected ...

Illustration by Dola Sun. L ast summer, I learned that the beloved maple tree in our front yard had brittle cinder fungus and was rotting from the bottom up. Nearly the entire base had turned black, ...