Do you have Ash hedges in your Area?

[10 Bears]

I was talking to a chap from CEH today, and he told me there were areas around the country where hedgerows were predominantly Ash, but unfortunately he wasn't very specific.

 

Our discussion was about the impact that ash hedges may have with Chalara potentially damaging stock hedges and the cost that there would be to replace them for the farming community. So, that got me thinking - where in the country has mostly Ash hedges so where are the areas that will most likely be affected?

 

If you could respond with your views on areas or counties where you seen hedges that are mostly Ash and your best estimate on the overall percentage that you see in the hedge e.g. Lancashire, most hedges 85% Ash, or something similar to this then I would appreciate it.

 

I'm planning a little mapping exercise for academic purposes, and this informal survey is just to get me set off in the right direction. Thanks for your help.

[MattyF]

Predominantly ash around here ... It's all down to soil ph.

[breffni]

Where I'm from in Ireland the majority of hedgerow trees are ash. When chalara hits our area the landscape will be changed massively

 

 

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[10 Bears]

Great thanks

 

Where about (roughly) in Ireland and what sort of percentage in each hedge do you think? eg 85% or more/less?