Tree bark damage. Repair question

[AdSomers]

Hello,

I recently purchased a hone and they have a young tree growing in the front yard. I would say the tree is between 3-5 years old.

There is damage to the bark around the base of the tree, I'm unsure what would have caused it. It nearly wraps around the full tree.

Is there anything I can do to save this tree or should it just be replace to avoid a bigger headache in the future.

 

[jmcscrap]

Take it out and start over. It may have started as mower blight, then pushed along by being buried in mulch?

 

[oldoakman]

Take it out and start over. It may have started as mower blight, then pushed along by being buried in mulch?

Or planted too deep to begin with.

Create a legacy and Plant your own tree there. It is your house now, not the previous owners.

 

[AdSomers]

Thank you all for the input.

 

[GregManning]

That tree is much older than 3-5 yrs.

What is the species ?
Is it worth saving ?
Do you have room for a new / different tree ?

It is apparently, already trying to repair itself at the very base.

I am not an arborist.
But, I would leave it, and just monitor.

Trees get damaged all the time: storms, animals (deer browsing, girdling, etc), insects, disease, .............

I have an Incense Cedar that I plant as a large seedling.
After many years, deer completely girdled the base (during rut) around about 75% of the circumference. (~4 " OD)
The tree has completely recovered, and healed over.