Emerald ash borer got all the ash trees on my wooded property a few years ago. Pretty amazing to watch that happen in real time.
bevr1337 · 16m ago
Can ash splints still be made from the trees they infest? Do you burn the trees? Very curious to hear more about your experience
margalabargala · 11m ago
They usually just stand there. There are too many to easily take down, and are mixed in with other trees.
The whole east half of the continental US is one large storm away from thousands of fallen dead trees.
SoftTalker · 14m ago
Right now they are just standing dead. I need to do something about that soon.
comrade1234 · 46m ago
They (the European version at least) also have a symbiotic relationship with Trumpet of the Dead. There's an ancient forest near me with beach trees and you find the black trumpets in areas where there's several very old and giant beach trees in proximity.
Jgrubb · 47m ago
Good grief, another one?
pfdietz · 41m ago
Welcome to the Homogenocene, where ecosystems across the world are irreversibly mixed. All those species that depended on isolation? Sorry Charlie.
The whole east half of the continental US is one large storm away from thousands of fallen dead trees.