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What is this smelly tar like substance leaking from my Oak tree?

September 12, 2016 By Renee 3 Comments

What is the smelly tar like substance leaking from my Oak tree? slime flux, wet wood

What is this smelly tar like substance leaking from my Oak tree? It is most likely ‘slime flux’ and it is a bacterial disease which in many cases does NOT cause long term or severe damage to the tree. Slime Flux Or Wetwood disease can affect Oaks, Tulip Populars, Elms, and Maples. There is nothing […]

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