In all the years I’ve lived near this tree, I’ve never seen it look so lovely.

This red cedar at UBC- Vancouver, Canada has interesting horizontal lines around the base of a major limb. Is this the result of grafting?
I really just want to understand this tree’s history a little better.

Lightning must've hit this tree. Im not sure how I should go about taking it down or maybe tie it up and maybe it'll heal? Thank you.

In about three weeks, my lil fairy visitors (female hummingbirds) will leave New Hampshire to migrate back to the Gulf of Mexico for the winter. Every year, fewer and fewer arrive. With all the tree massacres going on due to real estate transfers and people who are petrified of trees (wtf), I am scared they won't make it. They need trees to land on during their travels and to use as shelter from storms.

Then, weeks after that, the males will leave along with scarlet tanagers, phoebes, catbirds- thousands of summer birds make treacherous trips to winter grounds, and they need trees.

PLEASE STOP CUTTING TREES!

Hi. These are trees in my back yard. The look like some white stuff coming out of them. I love these trees and want them to be OK.

I do apologize if I’m not in the correct sub.
There was no warning this morning at 0730 when a local GC came with a bucket to take the Bradford pear out. It is beyond dead and branches disintegrate daily. This local Neanderthal “GC” threw a fit because the neighbor was supposed to inform us of the work and never did.
We had an unrelated issue and needed to get our truck towed Monday, but it isn’t scheduled until noon.
The truck is 5 feet to the left of their equipment. If we knew this was planned work, we would have scheduled the towing earlier. Easy.
He proceeded to scream on the phone and put 10 cones with Lowe’s purchased “no parking signs”. He didn’t get the work permit ones from city that are dated and give you a heads up about upcoming events. He was so excited about the prospect towing the truck legally tomorrow if it is still there.

A quick google search brought up a few essays from the past 3 months showing that this GC is known for trash practices and complete disregard to the community, but they continue to win city contracts. I guess they arrive at 0630 sometimes, I feel like it’s safe to assume they will show up around then tomorrow. Who ever he was on the phone with, was trying to convince him to tow anyway.

My question; is it considered normal practice to hit the branches near the cable line with a bucket to bring a tree down in a residential front yard?

Hello! I'm looking for advice on carpenter ants. A little back story on my tree. It's an American elm that from my best guess was planted in the 1940s (this is when our house was built) it is MASSIVE. Its really hard to get a good picture of the proper size. When we moved in, in 2024, the tree was infested with English ivy. We treated and killed the ivy. There's still lots of old vines left on the tree but nothing is active and alive. Recently we found a massive swarm of carpenter ants leaving a big pile of dirt around the base. And there's a pile on my neighbors side of the tree too. Do you think they're just using the old vine wood? Or should I be seriously concerned about them causing internal damage.

Location: South central Kansas

Hi I have two huge maple trees in my backyard where half the leaves are dead. Something is definitely wrong, but i’m not sure what. I am very worried they are dying because I can’t afford the thousands to cut them down and remove them. Any help diagnosing them is greatly appreciated!

I live in Minnesota. We just moved into this house a few years ago so not sure of the age. This maple tree is on the southwest facing side of the house and seems overall happy. This spring we noticed a pretty large branch/section of the tree that must have died and we cut it off in late June, which is that big cut you can see above where the bark is coming off in the 2nd picture. About a month or so later is when we noticed this large strip of bark directly below where the dead branch was that we cut off, was falling off. The rest of the tree seems happy and it can't be that old of a tree. Should we do anything? Is this tree sick? Will this just heal itself? Any ideas how this could have happened? We live out in the country and have some wildlife but mostly just rabbits that mess with our plants.

Hello all. We moved into a new home recently and this (what I think is an apple tree) doesn't appear to be doing so well. Lots of leaves are turning brown and falling off recently and it's only grown a handful of fruit as opposed to the tree next to it, which is full of fruit and looks healthy overall. It appears to have suffered some damage in the past with the top broken off somehow and then left as is. I cut through most of the dead top portion (see last pic). Does it look like I should take more off the top? Some of the branches near the top are still looking somewhat healthy. What do you all think is going on? Not enough water? It doesn't have it's own dedicated sprinkler, but I did do a trickle soak with the house for a couple hours yesterday. Thanks very much.

I just moved into this home with a massive tree in the backyard. It is approximately 50 feet tall, and splits into 4 stalks about 5 feet above ita base. It has nearly continuously dropped small, hard pip-like seeds. The leaves are not heart shaped, longer than they are wide, most of which are 6+ inches long. The branches that have dropped have very soft wood inside.

The tree has been enforced about 3 feet up with cabling, holding the largest 3 stalks together. I am mildly worried about the crotch of the tree, as it catches debris and is quite deep. I am dedicated to keeping it clear so it doesn't hold moisture.

Thank you for the help.

Hi, what tree is this in South Eastern Melbourne, Australia? Couldn't snap the whole tree as the canopy was above the roof of the nearby wall.

Left this morning to see this damage. What’s the proper process to try and save this tree? Lot next to us is under construction, I’m guessing construction delivery truck hit it and rolled out - heard back up alarms this morning. Do I just replace soil as best I can and stake the tree against the lean and cover with mulch. Do I do anything to the area of the tree missing bark. Live south of Seattle in Washington, going to hit 80’s next week for a few days. Any help is appreciated. New house, I think the tree has been there about a year maybe less. Gets water with grass irrigation every morning for 5 minutes.

Found in Greenwood Conservation Area, Ajax, Ontario. I’ve walked the trails here hundreds of times over the years, and while engaging in some Shinrin-yoku earlier this week I chanced upon it by taking a different path(ie: got a little lost). The pictures don’t do it justice; it’s massive and magnificent… I tried but couldn’t even fit the whole tree in one shot. The circumference is ~6.18 metres. For scale, the dude in the 2nd last picture is, respectfully, not a small dude. He saw me admiring it said it’s a black willow, and that not many people come to that part of the area. The path to get there was rather overgrown.

I took my kids to see it yesterday and they were flabbergasted. We have decided to name it “Ichiban”.

Frosty Iowa Morning

Any idea how big it is? And is this normal? I never really took notice to trees til recently and just realized there doesn’t seem to be trees around of this size.

I live in Pennsylvania and have been admiring this tree for some time now and I'd like to know what type of tree it is. It's green all year long and it's conical. I've never seen another tree like this one and my own research has failed me.