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Dying Tree with Oozing Bark: Slime Flux and Root Damage

Three stress signs: thin canopy, trunk sprouts, and bark oozing (slime flux—a bacterial fermentation of sap). The tree is also planted too deep (buried root flare) and likely suffered construction root damage.

Prognosis: unlikely to survive the summer. No cure for slime flux.

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