At the City of Rocks we found this Mountain Mahogany that had been damaged. The bark and cambium are missing on half of the lower part of the tree. There are a bunch of holes above the bare area.
Close-up of the bare area. Note the brown cambium has been scraped(?) off in the bare area. This is perplexing me. So here's my question for the nature sleuths out there: what in south-central Idaho could have done this to the tree?
2 comments:
I think it would probably be a porcupine. They eat a lot of bark, especially in the winter.
. . . . I don't think the holes would be from the porcupine--maybe a sapsucker or other woodpecker? Tough life for a tree there!
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