Ash Yellows kills the canopy too, it just takes a lot longer than EAB. I had noticed though that the sick trees have been deteriorating quite quickly of late, so I'm betting EAB finally got here. I hadn't been able to keep up with the dead ashes before, now it's nuts.
I can see the holes all the way to Indiana. That tree is dead man walking
Oh it's toast all right. You can see the edge of the lane in the picture, and the power lines are right on the other side of the lane behind me. They cut down a ton of dead/dying ash this fall (first time they trimmed in 12 years), but only about 60% of what's ready to fall on the lines. They didn't bother with this one even though I pointed it out to them.
where are you located? I lived in Canton Michigan 20 years ago and that is where the emerald ash borer started. I think it came in on pallets at a place called American yazaki. We had a Democrat Governor who is now part of the Biden Administration her name is Jennifer granholm. Local arborists at the time wanted the area clear cut of all trees he said that was too dramatic and that she needed to have Michigan State University do a study. Had at that time she just not been a stupid Canadian cont governor and cut the trees down in the entire area it would have stopped right there in Michigan.
We're near Allentown in eastern PA - pretty much the center of the stink bug and spotted lantern fly infestations.
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Boy, I'm near to the epicenter of the EAB outbreak and I have a few dead standing for 15 years that are still solid. The bottom 6 feet might be a little punky, even to the point that they rot and break off at the roots, but still awesome firewood. Burned will over a cord of it this year. Have even cut some that has been on the ground for a couple years that goes right to the stacks.
Oh, for sure! The ones I have left are just poles - no branches left at all. No way I would climb them. Everything I have left may even be leaners caught up in another tree.
Yeah, that's been my experience with the ones killed by ash yellows too. Sometimes the whole thing is punky, but often only the bottom. I've seen them with a punky section that runs up a long way though, which can screw up your hinge and make it fall unpredictably - had one like that just a couple of weekends ago, where one side of my hinge was rot, causing it to pull towards the strong wood. I've been cutting these dead ashes for so many years, often just stick with no crown which makes it hard to get them to move. They're all dangerous drops and I don't trust any of them.
It's an ent! My wife got them years ago and they glow in the dark a bit too. Our kids thought the face was cool, and now the neighbor's grandkids always look for it - I'm going to have to put it up on another tree near the lane.
It's amazing now to look through the woods and see them stripped by the woodpeckers.
How do they seem to be doing? I'd have to figure the EAB is still around, but is it possible their population has stabilized to something where the ash trees could survive?
Chris I'm over in York co. It seems the smaller ash trees haven't had much if any damage that I can see. Anything 6" or less looks healthy. Stihl cutting way more dead though.
