I'm in northeast PA and I'm starting to see a lot of white ash standing with most of the bark gone , leaving a brown inner bark exposed with holes from the emerald borer . Not sure how wide spread this is , anyone else seeing this .
I've heard they have sprayed some around here with a insecticide. In parks, I guess . But they are cutting most down that are on city property, dead or alive. And planting something different.I don't even want to think about it. I planted about 1000 green ash around 25 years ago and I'm about to see it all turn into fire wood. So far it is doing OK but the county has been removing infested trees along the road just a couple of miles away from my wood lot. Next year or maybe the year after I expect to see lots of dead standing ash.
I have a few in my yard that I will treat but the ash in my woodlot will soon be firewood I'm afraid. If some f***ing foreign bug starts attacking my maple trees I will be seriously pist though!
I think it is pretty well all over Ohio...Ours are gone in SW Wayne County.
Sounds pretty wide spread , Michigan to Pa , not sure about the New England states . Sorry to hear about your 1000 ash plantings oldman thats hard to take , its alot of work planting and taking care of trees . We are also loosing all of are Hemlock to some kind of blight but its not getting the white pine , first the needles go then the fungus takes over , its hard to get it for firewood before you know its punky unless you cut healthy looking trees way before they get it and I won't and can't cut live standing trees on other properties. I haven't been seeing the worm pathways in the ash , what I'm seeing is the tree looses all the normal grey outer bark and all thats left is the light brown inner bark showing , they really stand out you can't miss them .
Just west of banjobart and most of them in the area are dead or on there way out....A familiar scene here in Michigan the last 10 years. Dead ash is excellent firewood, ready to burn.
Kevin's pics are some of the best I have seen. Once attacked, the tree becomes helpless. It's even worse than the New England gypsy moth.
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