Dead Rowan tree

[TheOneNoOneLiked]

1 hour ago, Conor Wright said:

Was it heavily reduced recently? Power lines behind, might not have helped it.

Yeah extremely poor pruning and alsoat least 25% of the crown being removed.  Definitely a contribution factor 

[TheOneNoOneLiked]

2 hours ago, MattyF said:

Waterlogged ? Drought , suns scold , Old age , dogs pissing on it , shit pruning from the electric board ,strimmer damage ,phytophera ... they are not a particularly long lived tree any other the aboveand probs some I’ve missed will shorten its life span

Not waterlogged but potentially drought,  considering the significant change in weather patterns could suggest sun scold...  if we guess enough I'm sure we will get it right at some point. 

 

On a serious note the tree is not well maintained and potentially exposed to everything you wrote 😁

[Stubby]

2 hours ago, TheOneNoOneLiked said:

Yeah extremely poor pruning and alsoat least 25% of the crown being removed.  Definitely a contribution factor 

The haircut stressed it , it gave up .

[Baldbloke]

I recently took down a Rowan that died after the nearby ancient clay pipes draining a well became silted up over the years making the lawns damp and infested with moss. New pipes cleared the moss but unfortunately the ground conditions were too much for the tree to recover.