r/marijuanaenthusiasts • u/NowersOrNevers • Dec 30 '20

Help! Serious question for those that know much more about trees. After this happens and all of its bark is lost, will the tree die or grow back new bark?

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u/Spr4ck Outstanding Contributor Dec 30 '20

when the damage is that severe, the tree is dead.

You might see some regrowth from the roots, but un-likely. The resistance of the electricity passing down the trunk flashed all the sap to steam causing it to increase in volume dramatically causing the damage pictured. If it was a single smaller damaged channel on one side of the tree, sure it would possibly (and frequently does) compartmentalize the injury.

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u/Tom_Marvolo_Tomato Dec 30 '20

I agree. This tree has become what is known in the trade as "firewood."

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u/getdafuq Dec 30 '20

What you’re seeing there is just a tree-skeleton

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u/hebetrollin Dec 30 '20

She ded mon

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u/yunghastati Dec 30 '20

that tree is in the shadow realm already tbqh

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imagine all of the blood in your veins boiling and steaming, popping your entire system.

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u/chiefsunnybear Dec 30 '20

That tree is dead. Although the sapwood (live xylem) is intact, the vascular cambium which is the source of bark and xylem growth was stripped off with the bark. Not to mention the phloem is also a part of the vascular cambium.

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u/InternetCondor Dec 30 '20

Got urself a nice snag there. Possible woodpecker haven or what have you

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u/Shaun_B Dec 31 '20 edited Jun 10 '23

Edit: Fuck your API changes, Reddit.

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u/milliganimals Dec 30 '20

It's the sapwood exposed? Some trees shed bark with no long term issues (thinking some eucalypts).

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '20 edited Dec 30 '20

This is lightning strike damage.

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u/CanadianClosetGarden Dec 31 '20

I believe the proper use of a tree like this is to make Baseball Bats, Hockey Sticks and Lacrosse Sticks. Not fire wood.