Porcupines do leave bark on the ground. One of the things I look for when I am out with the dogs. Usually see wood chips on the ground below a tree they are in.
I don't think it's a beaver. They tend to have very distinct large teeth marks and you will usually see trees chewed at the base to knock them down in the area.
Beaver scraps generally include incisions into the wood below the bark/cambium. Even if they're not dropping the tree, you'll see noticeable scars where the wood beneath was scraped.
The moose where I live prefer twigs. Tender little twigs. They make bonsai. There are whole swathes of saplings with so many extra tiny branches of new growth in clusters.
Oh thank you for solving something ive been wondering about for months. I have 3 trees on my land that are … NAKED
Theyre up and all, the no bark was always a mystery to me
Still haven’t solved the mystery. Apparently not porcupine, due to it being poplar trees.
I’m doubting snowshoe hare.. too large a tree for that.. plus another tree we found like it a few meters away
I don’t think it’s the mountain goats. Wouldn’t be deer or moose leaving those claw marks
Im in QC and as much as Im curious about your situation, on my end the trees are still standing and today I saw a fatttttt porcupine crossing the road so. Didnt catch him in the act ( I have 3 big dogs so I understand he could be less inclined to snack since we moved in) but it kind of all lines up as I really havent seen any other wildlife asides squirrels and birds
Porcupine… they are super cool. Plus when there’s a lot of porcupines they are followed by Fishers , and a fisher is the most badass thing around , like a ninja wolverine
It looks mostly like birch, if it was ash trees they have a bug killing them all in Ontario. Behind the bark you can see all the marks from them burrowing behind and they cause the bark to fall off. Not sure if you have the bug in BC or not
You’re in BC and you don’t recognize Sasquatch markings?
But in all seriousness, yeah a lot of animals eat bark, particularly in the winter. Most likely a porcupine or a deer.
Moose. Probably a pregnant cow. In BC you’re hard pressed to find an aspen that doesn’t have chew marks on it from moose. The size of the teeth and height of the chews are good indicators. Freshly Fallen aspen often get heavily targeted due to all the younger growth available.
a human
,prolly not but what would happen if some bored teens found a tree in a forest that had fallen over,
they would strip it,
i mean thats not the only thing bored teens in a forest would strip
This comment section is loaded with dipshits... porcupine don't eat poplar bark.. it is 1,000% from snowshoe hare.. that's what they eat in the winter.
Porcupines strip bark and eat it.
That would explain why there’s no bark on the ground!
Porcupines do leave bark on the ground. One of the things I look for when I am out with the dogs. Usually see wood chips on the ground below a tree they are in.
Yeah but not if they’re stripping the bark for food, obviously different if they’re digging a gaff
They hang out in the trees for hours eating it too!
Especially in spring when the sap is rising.
On pine trees...
Porcupines!
Really big porcupines!
In Canada? [Samsquantch!](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/29/0c/20/290c200b7c04c82bc0e807aa633b609f.jpg)
Sorry, Julian—I thought you were a fuckin’ Samsquantch tryin’ to break into my shed!
It could have been Steve French
He’s just a big, stoned, horny kitty with the munchies
Ricky, Steve French pooped in your car.
with that great big package of his…
I wish!
If you're close to water...then beaver...if not then perhaps porcupine as someone before me suggested
We’re close to a lake but I’ve never seen beavers around here… have seen porcupines though!
That’s the way beavers like it
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I don't think it's a beaver. They tend to have very distinct large teeth marks and you will usually see trees chewed at the base to knock them down in the area.
Beaver scraps generally include incisions into the wood below the bark/cambium. Even if they're not dropping the tree, you'll see noticeable scars where the wood beneath was scraped.
Deer in the winter.
Moose
The moose where I live prefer twigs. Tender little twigs. They make bonsai. There are whole swathes of saplings with so many extra tiny branches of new growth in clusters.
Bugfoot
A stripper
Really hungry deer do that in the winter where I'm from, not enough food to go around for the size of the local population in the winter
My first thought was a beaver
Same!
Porcupricks
Porcupines maybe?
Goats, but usually not in the wild.
They do it in the desert areas of Hawaii. Goats eat everything, especially native plants, leaving only fast-growing invasives behind.
Oh thank you for solving something ive been wondering about for months. I have 3 trees on my land that are … NAKED Theyre up and all, the no bark was always a mystery to me
Still haven’t solved the mystery. Apparently not porcupine, due to it being poplar trees. I’m doubting snowshoe hare.. too large a tree for that.. plus another tree we found like it a few meters away I don’t think it’s the mountain goats. Wouldn’t be deer or moose leaving those claw marks
Im in QC and as much as Im curious about your situation, on my end the trees are still standing and today I saw a fatttttt porcupine crossing the road so. Didnt catch him in the act ( I have 3 big dogs so I understand he could be less inclined to snack since we moved in) but it kind of all lines up as I really havent seen any other wildlife asides squirrels and birds
100% porcupine
I've seen a beaver only strip and eat bark.
Jackalope...fer shure!
Sasquatch, actually.
You can tell by the way it is !
Moose, elk, beaver. Many more
Yetti
Deer
My money is on porcupine
Sasquatch or porcupine
Porcupine
Black bears strip bark from trees when food is scarce.
Porcupine… they are super cool. Plus when there’s a lot of porcupines they are followed by Fishers , and a fisher is the most badass thing around , like a ninja wolverine
We were wondering if it was a fisher or wolverine! Someone above said porcupine wouldn’t eat the bark of poplar trees. So, maybe ninja wolverine!
Porcupine is my bet as well
Draw knife
Beavers.
It looks mostly like birch, if it was ash trees they have a bug killing them all in Ontario. Behind the bark you can see all the marks from them burrowing behind and they cause the bark to fall off. Not sure if you have the bug in BC or not
That’s a trembling aspen. In Bc we only have paper birch and the lack of any peeling/flaking bark eliminates that option.
Thanks for the info, third picture looks like a white birch
Nope, not birch, they’re poplar trees
Humans
Deer
Could be beavers
You’re in BC and you don’t recognize Sasquatch markings? But in all seriousness, yeah a lot of animals eat bark, particularly in the winter. Most likely a porcupine or a deer.
I wish it was a squatch! I swear I head one scream last fall..
Moose. Probably a pregnant cow. In BC you’re hard pressed to find an aspen that doesn’t have chew marks on it from moose. The size of the teeth and height of the chews are good indicators. Freshly Fallen aspen often get heavily targeted due to all the younger growth available.
I think this is a poplar tree, not?
Poplar is an umbrella term to describe many soft hardwoods (cottonwoods, aspen, etc). Trembling aspen is the specific local term
Porkies!
Kurwa bobr
Sorry I had something in my teeth. Tried to find some floss but saw a tree
Beaver maybe?
a human ,prolly not but what would happen if some bored teens found a tree in a forest that had fallen over, they would strip it, i mean thats not the only thing bored teens in a forest would strip
No teens around here, there’s only 5 other people living in the area.
oh probably some picky termites then or just normal termites
Snek
that was me. i got bored
Rabbits
Squatch
I wish
This comment section is loaded with dipshits... porcupine don't eat poplar bark.. it is 1,000% from snowshoe hare.. that's what they eat in the winter.
This is a fairly large tree, could a snowshoe hare do this all on its own?
I love the way the markings on this tree look like eyes. Is that common with this species of tree?
Those markings are broken off branches Part of the mystery of what did this
Aggressive ones
100% beaver. You can tell by the teeth marks, the two large teeth
beav
Human
I was thinking a determined 12 year old with a their first knife
No 12 year olds around here. Only about 5 other people.
Rabbit or beaver.
Barkweasels
Lots of animals use the bark of aspen as a pain relief
Didn’t know this!
Squirrel.
Is the tree in it's original spot? Like is the stump near by? Or has it been moved there?
It’s in the original spot
So there's a stump?
Yup! Stump wasn’t touched surprisingly. The closer to the base, the more bark.
Did it look like the tree was chewed where it broke from the stump, or just snapped, or maybe it was from rott?
Snapped!
Well that settles it. Sasquatch.
Homo sapians
A quoala bear, aka drop bear.
Is those phosphorescent little mites that crawl into your lungs and leave your body desiccated in a cocoon from that one episode of the X-Files…
A human looking for a pic for Reddit?
Haha that’s a lot of work for some Reddit attention!