Help identify

[DGB]

Hi all, just a quick one looking for help to identify a tree I spotted in woodland whilst walking the dog yesterday. I've never seen  bark like it and without leaves or flowers I can't identify using my woodland app.

 

Its quite unique so I guess you guys/gals can help me out?

 

Thanks

Damien

[Paul in the woods]

Looks like ash with a bad case of canker. (Often occurs if the ground is often wet).

[DGB]

Oh ok, thanks for the info. There was me thinking it was something exotic 🤣

[Dan Maynard]

There is a sort of laburnum quality to the bark colouring but that would be a garden tree, the canker still makes it interesting.

 

If you can see black buds in opposite pairs on the twigs then good clue it's ash.

[daltontrees]

Looks like ash with cankers, probably just Chalara but could be Pseudomonas.

[DGB]

I'll take another look next time I'm passing and search for any buds. Thanks all for input, much appreciated.

[Eric Boa]

Definitely fungal canker (Neonectria ditissima). I'd associate this with poor growth and adverse site conditions. Bacterial cankers show more pronounced swelling and production of corky tissue (which can fall away in later years and then start to resemble fungal cankers - confusing!).