Hornbeam help

[Blaisey]

Hi I wonder if anyone has come across this before, I'm thinning a woodland and all the hornbeams are like this.

 

Many thanks

 

Blasiey

[skyhuck]

Deer or some other animal, I think.

[Blaisey]

Should have another pic as the damage is all the way to the top on every tree?

[skyhuck]

Squirrels??

[Ropechucka]

Should have another pic as the damage is all the way to the top on every tree?

 

 

Giraffes

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Looks more like mammal damage than strip canker.

[treesrus]

yep, i've seen this, too - it's those pesky squirrels.

[Treemoose]

We have squirrel damage on our hornbeams in the garden. Mostly its on the crotches. I have a vague memory reading that the crotch has slightly more sugars in it or something but can't remember properly.

[Rushes]

Vermin control required, Kania type traps recommended - they kill quickly and efficiently. You will have to wait a long time to see the benefits.

A decent landowner would have already been having this done. Interesting to see what happens when you don't.

[treeseer]

... Interesting to see what happens when you don't.

 

Indeed. Parenchyma in wood can create new cambium, if the gnawing stops long enough. So a repellent is not out of the question.

 

Cockatoos on eucs also go to forks; sweeter.

Edited February 5, 2015 by treeseer