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Tree losing bark in france

Lindy

Lindy

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My mum has a tree in her garden in france that is losing its bark. The garden centre said they thought it was a spanish tree but that was all they could say. Can anyone identify the tree and whether this is normal for this tree or a response to some disease or parasite?
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Hi all,
Not sure at all what the tree is, I don't recognize the fruit at all.

Normally when the bark dies on the lower trunk the tree has had it, but in this case because its leaves looks quite healthy, and assuming the lower picture shows new bark? below the old bark? I don't think it is anything to worry about.

cheers Darrel
 
Hi, I work in the nursery business and I don't recognise it either. I would agree that because it's leaves look so healthy there's nothing to worry about.[DOUBLEPOST=1408997712][/DOUBLEPOST]Just googled a hunch and I think it is a cork tree so the bark peeling is natural. Tell your mum to sell the bark to her nearest vineyard! 😉
 
Hi all,
brownmoth said:
The leaves and fruit look similar to that of a Ficus.
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It does look like a Fig (Ficus), but the fruit is bilateral, and all Figs have a really strange fruit called a "syconium", and that doesn't have bilateral symmetry.
Wendal_spanswick said:
Just googled a hunch and I think it is a cork tree so the bark peeling is natural.
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No it isn't a cork oak (Quercus suber) either, again wrong fruit. It looks like it must have quite a large single flower, but I just can't think of anything suitable.

cheers Darrel
 
dw1305 said:
It does look like a Fig (Ficus), but the fruit is bilateral, and all Figs have a really strange fruit called a "syconium", and that doesn't have bilateral symmetry.
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Mum has a couple of fig trees and I stuff myself every august/sept on them. Not too many though or 😱

dw1305 said:
No it isn't a cork oak (Quercus suber) either, again wrong fruit. It looks like it must have quite a large single flower, but I just can't think of anything suitable.
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Sorry Darrel, didn't see this post. I was confused when I looked at cork trees as the fruit is different. I don't know what the flowers look like and mum had never noticed fruit on it before and only 'saw' them when I pointed them out 🙄
 
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