Brown needles on yew?

[Stubby]

I am starting to worry about infected trees due to recent posts about ash etc etc

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

As to the ash chalara is now here and spreading, we will be VERY busy in the coming five years millions of ash to fell and lots of firewood to be had.

 

This is a tragedy that was so easily avoided and is the fault of our industry in allowing this trade to continue a lesson that should have been learned with dutch elm disease or DED

 

this yew, look to see if the dying branches are connected to a narrow strip of sunken bark or canker. potential disease Amylostereum laevignatum

[kev7937]

As to the ash chalara is now here and spreading, we will be VERY busy in the coming five years millions of ash to fell and lots of firewood to be had.

 

This is a tragedy that was so easily avoided and is the fault of our industry in allowing this trade to continue a lesson that should have been learned with dutch elm disease or DED

 

this yew, look to see if the dying branches are connected to a narrow strip of sunken bark or canker. potential disease Amylostereum laevignatum

 

If the whole crown was showing these symptoms would you still think its this.

[JonnyVine]

The damage is too sparse and widespread to be amylostereum canker-rot.

This looks more like the rooting system has become waterlogged, taxus like to have a free draining root.

Has there been any change in fhe water level around the base of the tree? A blocked drain would do it!

[sloth]

Or possibly drought earlier in the year? I would expect amylostereum to affect the growing tips first, but may well be wrong...

[Marko]

I have a row of 5 year old saplings all gone brown - waterlogged roots.