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(Not so) daft question - do you strim the grass around the tree?The bark looks like it's been scraped off at the base, ...
Very common damage to trees; the strimmer, used over a few seasons, stripping the bark right round the trunk, circling the trunk ... and killing the tree.
[As in one M Thatcher killed more trees than Dutch Elm Disease! The Tories' replacement of skilled and experienced council employees with cheap, contracted-out, strim-and-who-cares, privatised "services" killed perhaps 10% of urban trees. Sorry - don't remember where I read that .]