Beech tree issues

[JC1985]

Hi I have a large beech tree in my front garden which has developed a white pattern/stain over the last year. The marks go from the bottom up three quarters of it but is also now going onto the branches. The tree doesn’t look great to me but I know nothing about trees haha. Does anyone know what it could be please?

[Khriss]

Think the technical term is ' bark' mate 😋 K

 

( thats not an instruction by the way 😉) 

Edited February 18, 2022 by Khriss
Get a tree report on it, put yr mind at rest

[Stubby]

lichen . One of the mosses . Also some ivy . The ivy is an emotive subject on hear lately ! 😃

[doobin]

Looks like a perfect specimen. 

[Patrick goulding]

Agree nice tree just sever the ivy before it gets out of hand. 👍 

[Steve Bullman]

8 minutes ago, doobin said:

Looks like a perfect specimen. 

Watch it keel over today 😀

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

It does look like lichen as Stubby says but maybe check for Beech scale too 

Beech scale

WWW.RHS.ORG.UK

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Beech scale produces a grey-white waxy powder which can be obvious on beech trees. This does little harm to the...

 

[Baldbloke]

I don’t know anything about disease on beech trees, but we had something similar. Two years of a whitish stain followed by small sections of bark coming away along with the canopy having a general reduction in leaf. That was one of the trees that blew over a few weeks ago. The rootball seemed weak and little of it came away with the trunk as the tree came down.

Your tree is beside a road so it might be worth getting an inspection from someone suitably in the know as well as making sure your insurance is up to date.