What are those orange things in trees?

Question

I live in a condominimum, and our landscape has a lot of trees, it's really beautiful here.

Since last summer I have noticed that two or trees we marked somehow. There are like little things stucks inside them and little orange stuff hangs around it.

Not it's NOT to be mistaken for "to be removed" makers, those are different...they are stucks inside the trees...

what are they?

no it's man made...doesn't look like anything for insects

Answer 1

If you are talking about a growth appearing on junipers, often called cedars but not cedars really. Kind of a glob with orange dangly fingers, or fringe, it's the fruiting body of a fungus called apple-cedar rust. I'm not clear here if you are talking about something natural or man made.

PS please look at this site.
http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/FactSheets/cedar-applerust/cedar-applerust.htm
The young galls don't look at all natural

Answer 2

Trees are generally very forgiving. The only reason the fruits have been small, is because the plant is receiving very minimal requirements. This can easily be fixed by getting some Plant food. Generally stores will sell an additive or something for watering and adding nutrients for the tree. ONLY water the plant in the very early morning, or at NIGHT. Night time is most recomended. it will stop the leaves from burning in the sun. Water on the leaves during full sun can cause severe burning of the leaves killing off most of them. Try feeding it some fertilizer, and plenty of water for a while. It should bounce right back after a couple months, as you don't experience too many freezing temps out there. Hope this helps and good luck! PS* use half the recomended amount of nutrients! The tree is already in "Shock" and adding too much nutrients can burn the roots and kill the tree! Only fertilize 1 time a week, or 1 time every 2 weeks. But keep watering it normally during the off days!

Answer 3

There are many things that stick out of trees, and it's hard to say from your description, but here is a list of possibles.
1. The things are man made/man placed them there...
a. tagging to mark them for the landscape/tree care people who would tag them to identify them if they make reports as to needed care. I used a system like this when there were hundreds of trees on a property, and needed to know the difference. Tags usually have a code letter/numbers or colors.
b. they are taggings by city/county.AG Dept/state to mark trees as heritage trees(usually very old, and significant historically), or as specifically needing to be monitored for a n especially active pest or disease common in your area.
c. They are marked by a utility company as being "ok to trim" by their contractor, usually because they are near power lines.
d. These things are a form of pest control, hammered or drilled into the bark of the tree to "inject" a chemical into the plant system...not usually very efficient, often causing more problems, but popular as an "easy fix" especially where spraying causes issues with residents.

2. They are not man, but naturally caused, as in possibly an insect that bores a hole into the tree leaving a sticky resin to bleed out. At times it has "sawdust" mixed with the sap,and looks like plastic, clay, or even paper. These can be trouble.
It may also be some sort of "gall" caused by a sting of an insect creating a swelling that sticks out prominently in funny shapes...balls, stars, triangular or other odd shapes. These are usually unsightly, but harmless.
In any of the cases, it's best to take a sample to an experienced and reliable Nursery, to ask them. They can usually solve any problems, and give you some good advice with no guesswork.

Answer 4

If these 'things' resemble the arms of an octopus,then it's cedar Hawthorne rust.Junipers are hosts of this fungus which travels to the Juniper to overwinter,and then will move to Rosaceous plants in the spring and summer,and then completeing the life cycle back to the Juniper in the fall.Won't hurt the Juniper,but will profusely damage your Hawthorn trees and any type of Roseaceous plants in your yard.

Answer 5

Hi there,
I am not sure if I fully understand your question.
Is it something that is growing in the tree or something that someone placed in the tree.

Is the thing Animal.....Vegetable........ or.......Mineral.

My guess is it could be dry rot. (Serpula Lacrymans)

Go to this site and see if it looks like one of the pictures there.
http://www.bwtse.co.uk/fungal_decay.htm
http://www.bwtse.co.uk/images/rot/dry_rot.jpg

Answer 6

May be insect traps. Either to collect specimens for surveillance or to remove yellow jacket wasps.

Answer 7

oranges, did I get best answer?