Urban forestry extension agent Larry Figart explains what tree bark is and does, along with how to interpret whether peeling bark is good or bad.

Another cause of bark peeling is fireblight. This disease is spread from tree to tree via pollinating insects. The branch tips and leaves will blacken, and cankers will form on the bark.

Once leaves drop from trees, splitting, peeling, bleached or oozing bark may become more noticeable. The cause can range from normal bark development to environmental causes or disease.

The green inner bark of trees, called cambium, is the pipeline for transporting food and water up and down the tree trunk. Damage to the cambium layer stops this life-giving flow, causing loss of ...

The most commonly planted maple trees are Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), Silver Maple (Acer ...

It's normal to have peeling bark on this kind of tree Readers also ask Don Kinzler questions about using gypsum to improve Red River Valley soil and if it's recommended to water fall-blooming ...

The paperbark maple (Acer griseum) grows slowly up to 30 feet. Its handsome peeling bark is the color of cinnamon and autumn foliage can vary from bronze to russet-red.

Tree barks come in many distinctive types - smooth, peeling in strips, exposed lenticles, vertical cracks or seams, plates and vertical strips, and ridges and furrows.

Q. Why is my crape myrtle’s bark peeling? A. It’s normal for old bark to flake off on crape myrtles during late spring and summer as the trunk and limbs grow in caliper.

Clearly, bark varies considerably from species to species, and some types of trees are easily identified by the kind of bark they have.