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Strip Barking

Strip barking is a condition that is caused by partial cambial dieback. It can refer to a tree where the cambium has died leaving a strip of exposed wood that extends from a dead branch down to a dead root or to the condition when all of the cambium has died leaving only a thin strip of live bark that extends from one live branch down to one live root. This condition is most common on very old trees. The factors that cause the initial partial cambial dieback and the benefits of this growth form to survival are still being studied by scientists.