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Oct 19, Any sudden swing in temperature can make trees shed bark and crack under stress.

Bark falls off after excessive heat, which, like frost damage, strips bark down to the wood. Bark falls off an unhealthy tree, which means you’d see other signs of stress such as.

Jun 17, Peeling Tree Bark Disease. Hardwood trees that have peeling bark may be suffering from a fungal disease called Hypoxylon canker. Peeling bark caused by this disease is accompanied by yellowing and wilting leaves and dying branches. In addition, the wood under the peeling bark is covered with a mat of fungus. May 16, Another possibility is that the trees have smooth patch disease. This fungus decomposes the outer bark of trees, particularly white oak, and causes it to slough off.

After a storm you might see several large pieces of bark at the base of the tree. Neither condition hurts the tree. Hypoxylon canker is a fungal disease that is exacerbated by environmental stresses what causes bark to fall off trees as drought and root injury. The disease causes bark to slough off the trunk and branches, revealing brownish.