From looking at the photo it does not look like fireblight but more of a stress fracture that a pathogen may have entered.do the leaves appear...
Removing the ivy will cause no harm to the tree unless the bark/cambium layer was damaged in the process, if not you have done the tree a favor....
Yes as stated above it is a paper bark birch (betula utilis var jaquemontii) and looks like a healthy specimen aswel. So i would leave any pruning...
Thanks for the warm welcome all
My name is Tom Saunders, and i am starting to get abit more involved in the gardening side of things and will bee needing some advise as i go,...
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