A: With vertical cracks in the bark along the trunk like that, I suspect those are frost cracks. These commonly happen in maples, which are thin-barked trees. Missouri Botanical Garden explains how ...

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Aug 6, 2020 Aug 6, 2020 Updated Aug 6, 2020 0 Watch as a doomed tree is transformed into bear carvings. Jeff Dahr, of Huron, S. D., carves a maple tree trunk to look like a mama bear and her cubs in ...