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Originally Posted by barefootbay
Bark looks like Beech .
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I saw that too.
Here's a bunch more, with Beech first, and White Ash at the bottom-middle.
Northern Ash displays its leaves in 5-leaf bunches—I don't know about White Ash.
Newbiesaukee's photo (left), but on the same page as the above, the right photo illustrates
beaver damage to a Beech tree—
according to the forester.
https://www.americanforests.org/maga...guage-of-bark/
What does he know—
anyway?
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Just found the clincher—it's
squirrel damage:
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"Trees gnawed on by squirrels will usually have the ground beneath them littered with narrow, about 1/2-inch wide, strips of bark. This is usually not the case with porcupines as they consume the bark. While bark is an essential part of a porcupine’s diet, no one knows why squirrels gnaw and strip the bark off trees. They may be fulfilling some nutritional need in their diet..."
See more at: http://igrow.org/gardens/trees-and-f....rJ6sEF65.dpuf
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