Today’s photo is courtesy of Photoshop technology. I’ve edited the damaged area so you can’t see what caused, or at least contributed to, the damage:
Now before you complain that I’m cheating (which I am!) keep in mind that what I edited out could have been removed before you were asked to diagnose this injury. I will tell you that it’s not due to pests or disease. As is so often true in real life, there could easily be multiple correct answers. On Monday I’ll provide an untouched photograph and rail against the all-too-common practice that can cause the damage.
Have a great weekend!
It looks to me like a linden tree that had something stuck in the side of it, like an address sign or something else along those lines.
Flag pole bracket? Or was this tree wrapped with something? (Looks like there’s a line that goes around the tree at the bottom of the injury – unless this is a photoshop artifact.)
A wild guess it might be a popular. Was it tied to the planting stake too long?
I’m going with John’s idea – someone’s nailed a sign into the tree in the past.
I am going to say it was planted against a fence when it was a sapling.
Kind regards
Tim
I am going to take a wild guess and say screw in tree step….
I tend to agree with Tim. Maybe the tree was notched out to hold a fence rail.