A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today ... top, and 1952; the tree’s bark; and its stump. Still, I hoped we could save her. Prune the dead limbs. Trim back.

Even worse, if rabbits or other animals chew off the bark all the way around the trunk ... To Bleed Other causes of bleeding include diseases and infestations. While different trees are vulnerable to ...

Sooty bark disease can cause trees to become brittle and put them at risk of falling down, it said. Symptoms included branch dieback, flaking layers or bark and sooty black powdery spores on trunks.