Beech Bark Disease?

[Melanie]

 

 

Can anybody help in prognosis of this Beech, it's in the grounds of an Hotel on the entrance corner where the drive meets the approach road. It seems pretty sound, the usual prodding didn't expose any decay or hollows and we don't want to remove it. A Picus was mentioned today, any thoughts?

 

Melanie

[StephF]

What does the crown look like, is it healthy?

[openspaceman]

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Can anybody help in prognosis of this Beech, it's in the grounds of an Hotel on the entrance corner where the drive meets the approach road. It seems pretty sound, the usual prodding didn't expose any decay or hollows and we don't want to remove it. A Picus was mentioned today, any thoughts?

 

Melanie

 

The damage looks old and mechanical rather than the weeping lesions I associated with the disease., is that scale insect present?

[Chris at eden]

Doesn't look like beech bark disease to me.

[Melanie]

Thank you for the replys, sorry its taken so long to get back, stuck in the sticks with no wifi.

 

The crown is very full and healthy, no sign of die back, there were no signs of fruiting bodies of any sort, no sign of scale either ( I hate scale, I'd have noticed). I think Mechanical is right and the picus is overkill, on my head be it!