What’s wrong with the tree?
Sorted by how fast it needs dealing with, not alphabetically.
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- The trunk is cracked / the tree split down the middleA vertical opening you can slide a…
- There's a big branch hanging in the treeA broken limb suspended in the can…
- The ground is lifting up around my treeThe serious version: soil mounded,…
- There's a big broken branch hung up in my treeA branch broken but not down, caug…
- The storm broke the top out of my treeA shattered splintered stub where …
- My tree is leaning after all this rainA tree standing at an angle it was…
- There's a tree on my roofA trunk or major limb resting on t…
- A tree is on the power line / there are sparks outsideA limb or trunk lying across a wir…
Within days
- They dug and graded and parked right next to my tree during the build, and now it looks badAt the time of the damage: cut roo…
- My tree stood in water after the yard flooded and now it looks sickStanding water or spongy, saturate…
- Lightning hit my tree — is it going to die, and is it safe to be under?A strip of bark blown off, usually…
- My oak died really fast — is it oak wilt?On red oak group members (pin, red…
- A tree fell across my driveway and I can't get my car outTrunk lying across the drive with …
- A car hit my treeBark scraped or torn off one side …
- The tree is leaning now and it wasn't beforeA lean that was not there last wee…
Within weeks
- The top of my tree is dyingBare gray leafless branch tips sta…
- There are carpenter ants in my tree trunkLarge black or black-and-red ants,…
- My tree splits into two trunks and it looks like it's coming apart where they meetTwo stems of roughly equal size le…
- I think this tree is deadBare when everything around it has…
- My tree is dropping leaves in July like it's already fallLeaves yellowing, browning, or spo…
- I think my ash tree has that beetleAsh trees only, plus the occasiona…
- There's a big mushroom growing out of my treeA hard, woody, hoof-shaped or plat…
- My tree is hollow insideAn open cavity you can see or reac…
- There are mushrooms growing at the bottom of my treeClusters of honey-colored mushroom…
- The side of my tree facing the road is brown and dyingTwo different pictures depending o…
- Something is running down my trunk — sap, or dark wet streaksWhat is coming out tells you most …
- My whole yard is covered in branches after the stormBranches, split limbs, twigs and m…
- Shoots keep coming up where the tree used to beA ring of vigorous shoots around t…
- I can't see the road when I back outYou have to push the nose of the c…
Not urgent
- The bark is falling off my treeSheets, plates, or long strips of …
- Something stripped the bark off my young treeBark shredded and hanging in verti…
- A long vertical split opened up in my trunk over the winterA straight vertical crack in the b…
- There's a root wrapped around the base of my treeThe trunk enters the ground like a…
- Half the tree is dead and the other half looks fineOne side or the top bare while the…
- There's vines all over my treeA mat of dark green leaves climbin…
- My tree leans, but it's always leanedA trunk off vertical with the uppe…
- This tree's never been pruned and it's out of controlDead branches held up in the canop…
- The plumber found tree roots in my sewer lineRepeated slow drains or backups at…
- Tree roots are lifting my drivewayA ridge or hump running roughly to…
- The old stump is still sitting in my yardA cut stump at or above grade with…
- The bark on the sunny side of my young tree is cracked, sunken, and peeling offA patch of dead bark on the south …
- I've got a tree growing over my septic fieldA strip of lawn over the drain fie…
- A tree is shading my solar panelsProduction dropping in a predictab…
- I've got a huge tree right up against my houseBranches touching or rubbing shing…
- Woodpeckers are destroying my treeThree distinct patterns that do no…