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The fruiting bodies for this fungus are the honey mushrooms and if they are growing at the base of a tree, it’s almost a sure thing the fungus is on the tree and weakening its structure.”Ĭonchs or brackens - those hard, shelf-like fungal growths on the trunks of trees - are also indicators of tree decay. “One of the more famous mushrooms is the armillaria fungus. The growth of certain fungal species on or below the tree is a sure sign of a zombie, Kanoti said. “It can be hard to know if a tree is going to be a problem if you don’t know its history,” she said. Sometimes, Kanoti said, a tree will start to show stress due to events that took place dozens of years in the past. “One indicator of decay are injuries to the tree that do not heal,” Livingston said. Zombie trees can fool people into believing they are just fine especially when there are no obvious injuries or damaging events. As long as it has those, the wood in the middle of the tree contributing to its overall structure can become quite thin or nonexistent. “Those are the trees that will blow over in a windstorm or lose branches.”Īll a tree needs are leaves to get to the sun and the roots to pull nutrients from the soil, according to Kanoti. “The tree is alive, but it has so much decay and has lost so much internal wood that the ability to support itself has become compromised,” he said. “I told him his tree needed water and that helped it.”Ī tree can actually be getting along just fine but have significant internal decay, according to Livingston. “I had a neighbor with a large white spruce that was losing needles,” Livingston said. “If it’s out in the forest there is really no risk, but you don’t want them to be in places where they will hurt someone,” Kanoti said. When a tree or its branches become too weak to support itself, a strong wind or snow load can break or topple it.
All that stress leaves a tree vulnerable to damaging parasitic activity that further weakens its structure. “They can’t get up and move so if they experience drought conditions they can expect root damage.”Īt the same time, too much rain can also damage tree roots.ĭefoliation from insect infestations, along with human activities including construction, chemicals, road salt and soil compaction can also stress trees. “Trees are not fleeting residents on the landscape,” Kanoti said. In Maine one of the recent major stressors on trees has been the ongoing drought conditions that have severely limited the moisture trees need. “We all know if we can help manage our own stress we can manage our health and the same is true for trees.”
“Sometimes these stressors are obvious and sometimes they are harder to determine,” Kanoti said.