Hello,
We have a beautiful birch tree beside our house that we are starting to worry about. A few years back, it got what looked like Chaga on one of the trucks. Then last year or so, one of the other trunks started to have the bark split and it looks like it might be dead under what split out. I have attached pictures of the two trunks. The rest of the tree looks to be fine. I have seen lots of birch trees and I do know that they sometimes look fairly gnarly, but we are concerned that if the tree gets too compromised, it might come down on the house, power lines, or the vehicles that are parked beside it.
Looking for opinions as to the health of the tree. We would really hate to take it down but the consequences might be too high not to. Thank you for your help
JL
We have a beautiful birch tree beside our house that we are starting to worry about. A few years back, it got what looked like Chaga on one of the trucks. Then last year or so, one of the other trunks started to have the bark split and it looks like it might be dead under what split out. I have attached pictures of the two trunks. The rest of the tree looks to be fine. I have seen lots of birch trees and I do know that they sometimes look fairly gnarly, but we are concerned that if the tree gets too compromised, it might come down on the house, power lines, or the vehicles that are parked beside it.
Looking for opinions as to the health of the tree. We would really hate to take it down but the consequences might be too high not to. Thank you for your help
JL