30′ Dawn Redwood Is Full And Healthy, Except Top 4′ Of Main Trunk Has No Leafy Green And Appears Dead. Will It Shoot Out A New M

ain trunk and continue growing taller? Tree is 8 yrs old. Approx 30-35′ tall. Healthy green. Live in East TN.

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#1 Comment By GKH_Susan On 04/26/2021 @ 2:06 pm

You may want to have an arborist come out and look at it because they normally are not prone to disease. Japanese beetles will eat the foliage and canker has been noted. Here is more about dieback:

https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/SP686.pdf ^[1]

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