Odd sick marks

[corylus]

Sorry bout the thread title, just couldnt resist, but what caused these marks on this sycamore. I have not come across them before. The tree is in a wood (c80 years old) and a fair few other sycamores exhibit similar marks.

 

Can anyone help?

[Ty Korrigan]

Looks rather 'Tolkienesque'

As though it comes alive after dark...

Ty

[corylus]

Reminded me more of Yosemite Sam (Bugs Bunny)

[Matthew Arnold]

Its where the tree has naturally pruned itself and sealed the hole the limb left.

[C.J]

Very common on beech trees

[David Goss]

Chinese moustaches they are and very good examples at that:thumbup1:

Its the welding seam between branch wood and trunk wood.

[MattyF]

The marks are the branch bark ridge's from removed or dead branches.... It's what you use to help aim when target pruning, all woody plants have them...unless your referring to the round callus of dead or removed branch's.

[corylus]

The marks are the branch bark ridge's from removed or dead branches.... It's what you use to help aim when target pruning, all woody plants have them...unless your referring to the round callus of dead or removed branch's.

 

No I was referring to the branch bark ridges.

 

Cheers to all. But still dont know why I havent noticed any before.

 

Not all trees exhibit these 'chinese moustaches' when cut, and what are the mechanics behind it?