Mysterious dead beech

[Gray git]

A cut leaf beech with healthy normal leaf last year, droped normal in autumn but made no attempt to bud up this year.

No fungus showing itself and it's got my clients her head gardener and myself slightly baffled.

Any suggestions?

[se7enthdevil]

could it not have just popped its clogs? not all trees need live to a great age before they die.

[Gray git]

It's how quickly it went that's strange normally see some dead appearing for a while or it will try to leaf up in parts but this is completely gon over winter, client is worried because they have a collection of quite unusual rodadedendrns and ornamental flowering trees close bye.

[MATTMOSS]

Just because there isn't any fungus visible doesn't mean there isn't any at work.

What is the large path of bare soil in the rooting area?

Beech can be very susceptible to root damage.

[Stephen Blair]

What's been standing under it?

Overload of animal urine perhaps?

Drought?

Roundup?

[Gray git]

That's from cattle put in the field in the last 2 month since it snuffed it, asked about that and field was ungrazed last year, nothing else in ares affected as of yet.

One of the gardens is going to have a bit of a dig about the roots tomorrow nd see if anything shows up.

[Peasgood]

Does look to have been growing normally last year. Very odd unless poisoned I'd say.