Found in Milford State Park. These seem to be very common in the area, and I would love to cultivate my own, possibly as a bonsai far into the future.

Big tree

Hi all,

I believe this is a white oak (chestnut) tree in my yard (NJ) is dying. This late summer I mulched possibly a little to close to the tree.

I lost roughly 30-40% of the flair’s bark in two different places.

Will this tree die? Is there anything I should be doing?

It looks like a large vein is growing behind the bark that has dropped in both places.

I just planted this tree and June/July 2026. Long story short i was watering it the other day when a guy walking by told me that it was buried to deep. He told me that he was a retired landscaper and told me what to do. So my question is is this buried to deep? FYI the mulch was more like a doughnut shape around the tree base but just moved it so you guys could see the root bulb/flare. TYA

Series: Murder drones episode 4 - cabin fever

The cold climate likely doesn’t matter since the entire planet is forever cold due to a core collapse partial-explosion. Sunlight does come out, but all the lakes are seemingly forever frozen as well. I assume the trees are petrified is why they aren’t dead & decomposing yet.

No location is given within the series, & the planet isn’t earth but all the trees are the equivalent of earth’s trees (there are no new fictional trees in the series, making these trees potentially identifiable).

Image 1 & 2 (full view), image 3 (front view), image 4 (bottom view), image 5 (closer bottom view), image 6 (top view from the sky), image 7 (the trees compared to a cabin).

Additionally if this is the wrong sub, where donI post this at?