Mucus flow
The leakage of sap from the wounds of trees is referred to as the flow of mucus or milk flow . These are often fresh wounds that have not yet overgrown or opened again. The phenomenon can often be observed in hornbeams . The sap occurs mainly during the growing season .
The secreted juice is colonized by various bacteria and yeasts . These can cause the liquid to change color. In the case of a red tint one speaks of red mucus flow .
Although the flow of mucus can be quite threatening, treatment measures are not absolutely necessary because it is not a direct damage to the tree.
Web links
- Martin Brandstetter: Slime flow on deciduous trees . On: stadtbaum.at.
- Article mucus flow . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. Volume 17. Leipzig 1909. p. 842.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Martin Brandstetter: Slime flow on deciduous trees . On: stadtbaum.at.