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Sciences > Botany Save a tree's life: Don't peel bark

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Tree bark is analogous to human skin. Though the outer layers are dead, they provide important functions for the tree as would skin. One of the primary purposes of bark is to create a barrier between the live healthy tissue and the rest of the environment. This environment contains bacteria, fungi, viruses and insects that can infect the tree through a wound or infection court. Tree's can become sick just like you and me, however they don't have immune systems to fight off the invading pathogen. The tree now has to exert extra energy, that it may have stored up for winter, to contain th...

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