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I lost a nice ash tree to them about 15 yrs ago when I lived in Michigan. Replaced it with a red maple. Now I live in AZ and have two large Arizona Ashes, but I don't think the EAB has invaded here yet. But I heard it will eventually.
My parents who live in the northern suburbs have probably 10+ ash trees on their property and almost all of them are in various stages of infestation.
What's especially sad is that a lot of the elms that were decimated by Dutch Elm Disease decades ago here in the Twin Cities were replaced with ash trees, which are again dying en masse.
That's very sad to lose such beautiful trees. Do the cities have any plan in place for this? I have seen whole streets of dead trees this summer.
Some municipalities in the metro offer residents resources to treat infected trees, which to be completely honest is extremely laborious and not really worth the effort.
The city of Minneapolis has been preemptively removing a lot of them, healthy or not. Seems a lot are being replaced with ginkgos and swamp white oaks, both of which I think are really pretty as street trees.
Some municipalities in the metro offer residents resources to treat infected trees, which to be completely honest is extremely laborious and not really worth the effort.
The city of Minneapolis has been preemptively removing a lot of them, healthy or not. Seems a lot are being replaced with ginkgos and swamp white oaks, both of which I think are really pretty as street trees.
Lots of northern catalpas and Kentucky coffee trees too, both of which grow fast.
We've lost a *lot* of ash trees in central Iowa this past year. I assume that any trees that weren't pretreated (although I don't know how well that works) are infected or gone.
My parents who live in the northern suburbs have probably 10+ ash trees on their property and almost all of them are in various stages of infestation.
What's especially sad is that a lot of the elms that were decimated by Dutch Elm Disease decades ago here in the Twin Cities were replaced with ash trees, which are again dying en masse.
My land had healthy Elm trees when I bought it in 1986. Some years later, they all died.
My land had healthy Elm trees when I bought it in 1986. Some years later, they all died.
Yeah, it's really tragic what Dutch Elm Disease did so many cities across North America. Though I think in the long run, it's kind of a good thing it happened. It was a wakeup call for cities to stop planting arboreal monocultures. Who knows what the next invasive disease or pest will be that sweeps through and decimates trees, especially now that our world is so interconnected.
Lots of northern catalpas and Kentucky coffee trees too, both of which grow fast.
I love the look of catalpas but they're extremely messy trees when they drop their seed pods. I haven't noticed the Kentucky coffeetrees – I didn't realize they could grow in Zone 4.
It was really bad here several years ago here in Kansas City, but seems to have calmed down the past couple years. Most of the dead and dying ash trees I see are ones which have been that way for at least a couple years, and I'm not seeing any newly infested trees. And the ash trees that somehow escaped infestation previously seem to be doing just fine. I'd say maybe 3/4 of the ash trees around here were infested and either died or are in trouble, but the remaining 1/4 or so are now hanging in there just fine. Let's hope it stays that way.
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