Attaching picture

I'll have a take a picture of whole tree. I'll send it along for comment. This tree is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Thanks.

Show us not only the wound area, but show the WHOLE tree. Also, if you can take closeup pictures of any of the branch ends where the buds and twigs are, that can help ID the tree even before the leaves emerge.

Telling us where (city, state, country) the tree is growing is also good to help ID and offer good advice.

no pic yet.. but disabuse yourself of at least two things ...

trees blow in the wind ... thats how god made them .. they do not lose bark because of only the wind ... short of a hurricane or some such.. but then ... the tree would probably just all blow away... with the bark ..

second .. trees heal themselves ... and need nothing from you .. and in fact.. most of what you could dream up is contra-indicated to nature .. no painting .... no cement.. no nothing ...

what need to figure out is if the heartwood.. the interior wood is rotting .. and then whether you need to get rid of it ...

include big city location ..

use the camera/photo icon below the box you type in.. to upload a pic.. and wait until its clears..before hitting send ..

ken

One possibility is damage from a careless person with a weed whipper (a year or two ago). Another could be rodent or rabbit damage during winter when food is scarce. Third could be a tree that was planted too deep and only now showing the consequences of that.

Need more info, about the tree, when planted by who, how cared for, watered etc.

With that kind of damage at that young an age, no matter what kind tree it is, it is not worth trying to save.

The good news is that it is an old wound that the tree is encapsulating. The bad news is that wound is half way round the trunk and the tree is planted too deep and there could be more issues underground.

tj

And it's a soft maple....dime a dozen.

Best start out with a new specimen of something more desirable.

What zone are you in?

I have found that it's a Norway maple. Being that it's young, I will replace it. Thank you for all the comments.

good decision ...

at link below note timing and depth sections

ken

https://sites.google.com/site/tnarboretum/Home/planting-a-tree-or-shrub