Chalara fraxinea - Generic thread

[Woodworks]

10 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

I'm waiting for the dieback thread to coalesce with the biomass/firewood thread - surely in a few years there is going to be tons of ash felled all over the country which could drive the wholesale price down again?

It's already happening Dan bar the dropping price. Over the last year, most of what we able to get is ash. Prior to this ash has been as rare as hens teeth. Think you have to conclude many woodland owners are not waiting around to see their crops die.

[Rough Hewn]

Roughly 1 in 4 young roadside ash showing dieback on the route to the yard. West Yorkshire

[maybelateron]

This weekend, when walking along a local canal in North Staffs I saw a lot of young and mature Ash with what I assume are signs of dieback, also two on my own land appear to have it.

 

[Conor Wright]

Some older pics from a plantation near me. It looks green now from a distance but on closer inspection it's in very poor health.
The younger plantation is worse.
A lot of trees snapping in the wind.
Will take some pics in the coming days

[Stubby]

So the Ash around here is taking a hammering . West dean , Goodwood and Cowdray  estates are felling ash with a vengeance . Its being raped .  Are there any plans in place to maybe retain any resistant looking trees ( I have seen a few ) and harvest the keys ? 

@ David Humphrys

Edited June 9, 2019 by Stubby

[The avantgardener]

We have been doing lots of dead Ash removal for The Woodland Trust (East Sussex)mostly high risk/public access and roadside stuff.

The advice from the FC was if the tree is showing symptoms it is f***ed, get it down, resilience is virtually nil, if the tree shows no signs, leave it in the stand.

We took out 550+ in one stand in September last year, now that they are better spaced they are easier to inspect/monitor, there are some obvious spaces in the canopy where there are dead crowns, others are flushing beautifully.

[Woodworks]

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/disease-tolerant-trees-to-be-planted-in-uks-ash-tree-archive

[Stubby]

41 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/disease-tolerant-trees-to-be-planted-in-uks-ash-tree-archive

Nice one  ! ?

[Fizzy]

I am new here - came across this thread so decided to sign up.

I live in the middle of the Brechfa forest in West Wales.

We moved in 2.5 years ago. There were about 50 or 60 dead ash trees visible from my house. 

Last year I saw signs of recovery. This year they are doing very well. Loads of leaves! Only 1 still looks dead. Is this happening all over the UK or is it unique to our area? I think perhaps cutting down all these trees may have been rather hasty.

Hopefully these trees will pass on immunity to their offspring.

[The avantgardener]

3 hours ago, EdwardC said:

Recovery from the symptoms of Chalara is being reported. However, it is not known why, or if, the recovery will last.

 

I doubt the trees are immune. They may have a greater or lesser degree of resistance. 

 

As the mortality rate is around 85% things aren't looking good. Also, ash is far more common than elm was, which survives, but mostly as regen. Therefore the loss of 85% of ash from our landscape will have a massive impact.

 

On an even gloomier note, Chalara does infect, and has been found on, other members of the Oleaceae family. On a more positive note, it doesn't appear to infect olives.

On an even gloomier note, a death has occurred felling dead Ash in Petworth last week, don’t know much detail as yet but I assume there will be some update from Euroforest/FC/FISA  when they get their thumbs out of their arses, my thoughts are with the family.