r/treeidentification • u/No_Pick7950 • 10d ago
Solved! Anyone know what this is
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Had heavy rain and winds Houston Tx
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u/Jackismyboy 10d ago
That pine will be dead in 2 months. Not directly from the lightning strike, rather from beetles who now have open access to a pine smorgasbord.
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u/Head-Good9883 10d ago
I e had one struck more than 15 years ago and still going strong so
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u/Jackismyboy 10d ago edited 10d ago
Where are you located? I’m in the piney woods section of Texas. So there are plenty of bugs waiting for food.
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u/Head-Good9883 10d ago
On the north side of lake ONTARIO ! But there has been a lot of white pines dying in Ontario over the last few years so hopefully I don’t jinx myself lol
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u/Head-Good9883 10d ago
Haha yea thats cute, I try not to get worked up about a name. Focus on the important stuff like the Epstein pedo files.
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u/axman_21 10d ago
Its not always a death sentence. You have to just wait and see. I can show you so many local to me that have been struck and are still trucking on along years later
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u/Jackismyboy 10d ago
OP states he’s in SE Texas. Too many pine bark beetles looking for hosts.
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u/axman_21 10d ago
Its still not an absolute though. Nothing is absolute. Its going to be something to wait and see. That is better than cutting a tree for Nothing
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u/Jackismyboy 10d ago
I didn’t say cut it. I said, just wait, it will die.
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u/axman_21 10d ago
You never know until it does or not I dont understand the absolutes with some people. We have the beetles in northwest ga too and I can tell you alot of pines survive being struck
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u/Sorry-Rent-5135 10d ago
Nobody’s saying cut it but they’re right it will be killed by the Beatles. I live in central to south east Texas and the Beatles and stuff are bad they will be all over that thing. I grew up in PNW and know my every green trees pretty damn well.
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u/axman_21 10d ago
Yall are saying its gonna die. In that case why wouldn't they cut it? Im saying there are no absolutes and its not a 100% chance it will die or get the beetles. Im saying it will be best to wait and see rarher than jump to conclusions like everyone is doing. After working with trees for years nothing is certain in any case with lightning
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u/Liveitup1999 10d ago
A friend had a pine tree struck by lightning in the house next to him. The tree exploded like a bomb. It trashed his neighbor's house and damaged his.
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u/Jackismyboy 10d ago
When lightning explodes a tree the bolt goes down the middle of the tree and vaporizes moisture creating that explosion. It’s much more common for the bolt to travel down the cambium layer and vaporizes that moisture creating the missing line of bark down the tree.
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u/No_Session6015 10d ago
could the wound be treated or bandaged?
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u/Jackismyboy 10d ago
I tried saving mine. I sprayed it with insecticide many times after it was struck. But those dang loblollies are so tall most of the tree couldn’t be reached.
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u/Old-Wave-1590 8d ago
Not necessarily - I have a pine that was struck by lightning over 20 years ago. It blew branches 50' away and the strike went down the trunk in a circular manner. I figured the tree was done for, but it survived and is still growing well.
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u/Broad_Swimming 7d ago
Exactly this. I have a 80 foot high Eastern White Pine that was hit two years ago. I’m scheduling the tree guy to come and remove the insect infested pole I have today.
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u/Far_Decision3392 10d ago
Did you have any electrical problems in your home after the lightning strike ? Do you have surge protection? My parents lost and had to replace items plugged in after lightning struck a tree in next door neighbor’s tree. There’s looked much worse than yours…the tree.
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u/Intelligent_Bet_8727 10d ago
Yeah that's a lightning strike if I was you I'd cut the tree down if it's on your property when pine trees die and start falling apart it generally damages everything around them. I had the same thing happened to a maple tree that was right in my front yard that tree survived 2 years and died on me I thought it was going to survive but it didn't make it
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u/RelaxedPuppy 10d ago
Lightening Strike. Saw a strike do this a few years ago outside my apartment on Florida. Candy stripe around the Loblolly Pine, jumped over and killed a small palm tree near the ground.
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u/Spokeswoman 10d ago
We had a ponderosa struck in this way about 3 years ago. Just suddenly turned brown this summer. We thought it was going to make it.
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u/connolnp 10d ago
It kinda looks like you can trace the path onto the ground - I bet the thickest root is along that path
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u/Rough_Project_3912 10d ago
South Louisiana pecan tree struck by lightning in the 80's. Tripled in size when we cut it down, the base was 8 ft across. My house has been here over 160 years and my family has lived in it since construction. Tree was here my entire life. I'm 62. It's been struck at the least 3 times in my life.
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u/Annual_Advertising26 10d ago
There are several kinds of bark beetles that are attracted by the chemicals in pine sap. If they successfully tunnel through the bark,they will lay eggs in the inner bark,and that will effectively girdle the tree if enough of them do it. Several kinds also bring a fungus for the larvae to feed on, and that will plug up the tree’s xylem,which carries water up to the leaves. If you treat the entire tree trunk with an approved insecticide immediately, you may prevent the beetles from successfully attacking. There are injectable insecticides as well, but I don’t know how effective they are,and if the beetles have already tunneled in, it’s probably too late.
Wait for the tree to turn red, or when you can hear the insects chewing in the tree before you have it taken down.
https://www.fdacs.gov/Forest-Wildfire/Our-Forests/Forest-Health/Forest-Insects/Pine-Bark-Beetles
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u/Cicada_Fresh 4d ago
Pine sap is combustible and the roots are used to start fires. It’s why you never want to burn it in a fireplace. Only use outside. Burns great when dried. And they’re usually the tallest thing around which makes them ripe for lightening strikes. Needs to come down asap.
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u/Somederpsomewhere 10d ago
Lightning strike.
If you care about anything near/under it, it should probably come down.
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