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Mower ManMower Man Posts: 4
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For many years I've had a lovely tree in the back garden, really healthy - looks like a Rowan but doesn't have the distinctive berries.

This year the tree has been quite sick, and on inspection it has a fungus attacking the leaf nodes and killing off growth. Can anyone advise ?

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,312

    that's lichen not fungus



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Mower ManMower Man Posts: 4

    Thanks nutcutlet - will this be the cause of the tree's demise?

    Are there any treatments?

    Thanks for the help

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,312

    it's unlikely to be the cause of problems.

    I can't see what your tree is. The leaves I can see don't look sick. Have you a photo of the ones that look bad



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,157

    It won't harm the tree ... it's indicative of clean air and often appears on slow-growing trees ... if the tree's poorly it's not because of the lichen.  

    http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/lichen/ 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Mower ManMower Man Posts: 4

    The tree's inner branches are dead or dying, the only growth is at the extremity

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    The trunk is also peeling bark a lot more than previous yearsimage

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,157

    None of that will be due to the lichen.

    As trees mature quite often the side-branches closer to the trunk die off - the tree is growing outwards image

    I agree that it doesn't look like a rowan ... it also looks much bigger than rowans tend to be ... any idea how long it's been there and any more clues re identity ... what are the flowers like? 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700

    If you see long pods like bean pods, it could be a type of Gleditsia. I think this one looks like Gleditsia Triacanthos, the common Honey Locust. Thornless one. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,157

    Think you may be right Borderline ... the way the tree is growing looks familiar ... I used to drive past one on the way to work ... the bean pods twist as they ripen and used to remind me of musical notes hanging among the branches ... I've obviously been watching too many episodes of the Clangers image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700

    Dovefromabove, I'm afraid I don't have such an imaginary mind! All I know is it's a tall tree, has a very open and high canopy. Long dark twisted pods hang, but not sure if they have thorns or not. Most other types do. It's a nice tree nonetheless.

  • Mower ManMower Man Posts: 4

    Borderline, I think you're right, a few pods do appear on the tree, and as Dovefromabove says, they do look like musical notes - I'm old enough to remember The Clangers !!

    Another one solved methinks - thanks a lot folks ?

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