What's wrong with this Ash?

[felixthelogchopper]

I hope it's not the dreaded Chalara. Tree has been previously coppiced to give rise to 3 stems, 2 of which are very dead while the remaining one still has decent leaf on it. Lesions don't look right for it (I think) and only half the tree is dead.

[Paul Barton]

It is likely to be bacterial canker of ash - or possibly nectria canker which is caused by a fungus.

[felixthelogchopper]

It is likely to be bacterial canker of ash - or possibly nectria canker which is caused by a fungus.

 

Phew, I had read something about that but didn't know what it looked like. Thanks for the info.

[MATTMOSS]

It is likely to be bacterial canker of ash - or possibly nectria canker which is caused by a fungus.

 

+1 that's my diagnosis also

[Gollum]

pseudomonas

[kieran connell]

I hope it's not the dreaded Chalara. Tree has been previously coppiced to give rise to 3 stems, 2 of which are very dead while the remaining one still has decent leaf on it. Lesions don't look right for it (I think) and only half the tree is dead.

 

id go with it being bark canker! ive taken a few down with it over time,this looks like its had it for a fewyears.

[felixthelogchopper]

 

id go with it being bark canker! ive taken a few down with it over time,this looks like its had it for a fewyears.

 

It's in a bit of overgrown woodland on one of the estates owned by the company I work for. We are opening it up a bit for the owner's family and looking at putting in some bat and owl boxes to complement the badger setts. I'm so glad it's not Chalara as this patch is approx 50% Ash.

[daltontrees]

Full fancy name Pseudomonas savastonoi pathovar fraxini

[Woodworks]

We have several trees on the farm looking almost identical. Would you expect bark canker to effect the wood as well? I ask as when we had to cut some of them back the grain was very wiggly making it almost impossible to split.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Full fancy name Pseudomonas savastonoi pathovar fraxini

 

 

god darn it, im going to be out of a job round here soon!