Why does bark fall off oak trees?

Why is your tree losing its bark? Should you be concerned? Click here to learn why bark is falling off your tree - including pine, oak and ash trees. read more

When bark peels off a tree, determine whether the tree is going through a normal shedding process or if injury or disease is causing the problem. If you see bark covering the wood after the old bark peels away, the tree is probably undergoing a normal shedding process. read more

Some bark would come off by their pecking. Again, it would take a fleet of birds to do the reported damage. There would be bird droppings all over the base of the tree. There may be multiple reasons for bark flaking. The primary and consistent cause for bark flaking is from natural tree growth. Most trees have a growth spurt in the spring. read more

Hypoxylon canker is a disease that kills the wood just under the bark causing the bark to slough off, exposing the spore mats. Keeping trees stress-free prevents infection from this fungus. It is not infectious to other trees. To keep native trees out of stress, avoid all herbicides and apply the Sick Tree Treatment to symptomatic trees. read more