Mold?

Hello,
I did not want to post a picture of my tree what seems to have a mold growing on it... I am not sure where to post it so I am asking before doing...
Hubby wants to cut the tree down I want to save it ..
So if I can post the picture here and get some answers could someone please tell me this is the correct site?
thankyou,
Susan

You've picked as good a forum as any to ask about a tree question.

If you don't get much reply here, then consider other forums.

Let's see that pesky mold...

Bet it turns out to be mealy bugs or woolly aphids! But please do add some pics.

Resin

Ok sorry had to go out for a few... I will try to get a closer one if this is not ok..
Thank you..
Susan

Looks like a perfectly healthy sweetgum(?) with winged twigs like they sometimes exhibit and patches of lichen on the bark, which is natural, normal, and not at all harmful to the tree.

Scott

Here is the best one...
Thank you again..
Susan

Ditto to Scott - nice cork 'wings' on the twigs. Nothing wrong with it at all!

Really?? this is normal? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS then the tree can stay.... We had just never seen anything like it.... so thanks..
Susan

Susan:

You can take those two rookies' comments for what they're worth (I happen to agree with them).

To truly be confident that you have had the situation thoroughly and correctly analyzed, you MUST consult with the sagacious scholar, the Sultan of Sweetgum, Lucky_P.

Maybe even send him a dmail with the above and other pics. He certainly would not want to miss out on the opportunity.

Susan,

Do not listen to the Viblamum Valet on this one. On most things, especially those regarding alcoholic spirits, he's the man to go to. And not too bad on plants either. But he is setting you up for a fall on this one. Yep, teeing you up for a notorious Sweetgum hater--a man they call LucyP. Such people exist, believe it or not. Their main complaints are that the tree is a prolific self-sower and that their fruits, which are spiny, Sputnik-like balls, are killer on bare feet. Both complaints are true, but sweetgums are also solid, dependable, tough, tough, tough trees with good form and, usually, really good fall color.

Scott

Susan, you should look at some pics of cedar elm and winged elm, they have even more of the cork on their twigs. My Sweetgums don't have nearly that much but it could be a regional thing.

Susan,I have noticed that the older a sweetgum gets, the more spread out the corke gets, to the point of not being so noticeable.Mike