How Does Removing The Bark Off A Tree Kill It?

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How Does Removing The Bark Off A Tree Kill It?

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Answer 1

The previous answer is hippy-dippy bs. Bark is not equatable to the human skin.
Rather, removing the bark kills the tree only if the secondary phloem is removed along with it.
The phloem is a tissue which transports nutrients to the roots of the tree, so if damaged, the tree will slowly die as the roots have their energy supply cut off and cease metabolism.
This method of killing trees is called girddling.

Answer 2

Bark is a protective layer of tree.if it would be removed from the tree, the microorganisms will at invade it, which may result in its death.if the bark(including phloem)will be cut off, non photosynthetic parts of plant would not be able to get food, thus the plant would be unable to survive.

Answer 3

What if I want tree sap from a pine tree but I don't wana kill the tree how much do I take off.

Note:I did not post this question I'm just adding on because I'm searching

Answer 4

The bark of a tree is a protective covering much like the skin on a human. Remove too much and the tree or human will die. A small amount is survivable because the tree or the human will heal/repair itself. Remove skin from a human and he will bleed. Remove bark from the tree and it will seep (or bleed) sap. In either case, too big of a loss will cause death.