They removed about 25 percent of bark. And cut deeply. That tree is going to have way too little nutrients and water up top. Just wrecks the whole organism. It could still live, but that’s really severe.
Deep, and widespread bark removal also makes it vulnerable to other life.
Edit: in case the reader didn’t know, trees circulation is almost exclusively close to the bark. The Heartwood is dead and only provides support.
How so?
They removed about 25 percent of bark. And cut deeply. That tree is going to have way too little nutrients and water up top. Just wrecks the whole organism. It could still live, but that’s really severe.
Deep, and widespread bark removal also makes it vulnerable to other life.
Edit: in case the reader didn’t know, trees circulation is almost exclusively close to the bark. The Heartwood is dead and only provides support.
Edit: reading https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girdling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark_(botany)
There’s the link without the m as the browser decides for itself if it needs it.
As for the rest, thank you so much, we were unaware of that, so we appreciate your sharing of it!