I have quite a few dead pine on my property, maybe 1 in every 5-6 are dead.
Perhaps every other one has missing bark/falling off bark on it, and the needles are dead as well.
The wooded area on my property is ~1-1.5 acres.
The majority of it is all pine. with some random cherry and two willows mixed in.
Willows are fairly big, probably about 4ft diameter trunks.
Speaking of willow, there's a branch that fell from one of the trees that's around 2 1/2ft diameter, and... very long, is that safe to burn in wood stoves? or should I keep it for burning outside/camping?
I don't know how long the pines that are dead, have been dead because I just moved in here august of last year and was tending to the house... First chance I got to really take a look at the wooded area.
Although it does appear that the previous owners mistook the area for a garbage dump.
Found old toilets, pillows, a wedding arch thing with lights still attached, about 20 years worth of cat litter in a giant pile, about 2 cords of rotted firewood that crumbles, and a tractor tire about 5' diameter that looks pretty new... with tons and tons of other garbage.
Here are the pictures of ones that I think may be dying.
The bark is missing and is falling off, and if you touch the bark that is still there, it just falls right off.
Some also have their needles as very brown.
What can cause this, and is it something I should take care of?
Should I cut down all of the dead/dying ones, so that the ones that are still in good shape can survive?
There are many, many like these in pictures, some better some worse.
some branches are totally bare.
P.S.
the tree in the last pic, what few needles it does have are brown.
Perhaps every other one has missing bark/falling off bark on it, and the needles are dead as well.
The wooded area on my property is ~1-1.5 acres.
The majority of it is all pine. with some random cherry and two willows mixed in.
Willows are fairly big, probably about 4ft diameter trunks.
Speaking of willow, there's a branch that fell from one of the trees that's around 2 1/2ft diameter, and... very long, is that safe to burn in wood stoves? or should I keep it for burning outside/camping?
I don't know how long the pines that are dead, have been dead because I just moved in here august of last year and was tending to the house... First chance I got to really take a look at the wooded area.
Although it does appear that the previous owners mistook the area for a garbage dump.
Found old toilets, pillows, a wedding arch thing with lights still attached, about 20 years worth of cat litter in a giant pile, about 2 cords of rotted firewood that crumbles, and a tractor tire about 5' diameter that looks pretty new... with tons and tons of other garbage.
Here are the pictures of ones that I think may be dying.
The bark is missing and is falling off, and if you touch the bark that is still there, it just falls right off.
Some also have their needles as very brown.
What can cause this, and is it something I should take care of?
Should I cut down all of the dead/dying ones, so that the ones that are still in good shape can survive?
There are many, many like these in pictures, some better some worse.
some branches are totally bare.
P.S.
the tree in the last pic, what few needles it does have are brown.