{"id":335,"date":"2013-02-28T21:37:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T21:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doughmedia.co.uk\/code\/manchestertreesurgeons.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2016-01-13T16:48:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T16:48:26","slug":"ash-die-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manchestertreesurgeons.com\/ash-die-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Ash Die Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ash dieback – what to look out for and what to do when you find it<\/p>\n

Ash dieback, or Chalara Fraxinea Dieback, looks set to be one of the major news stories of 2013 as the deadly tree pathogen fungus moves from East Anglia and the South East to gardens, parks, woods and streets across the UK.<\/p>\n

With more than 80 million ash trees in the UK, the variety is the most common in the country so ash dieback has the potential to be even more devastating than Dutch elm disease in the 1960s to 1980s. That outbreak saw around 25 million Dutch elm trees killed and major changes to our natural landscape.<\/p>\n

If ash dieback spreads as many experts fear, we could experience an even more dramatic change to natural environment and the impact on our wildlife living in ash-heavy habitats could be catastrophic.<\/p>\n

The sheer number of ash trees in Britain makes them a vital habitat for birds and insects and the nature of the trees\u2019 branch structures means flora such as bluebells and wild garlic thrive in the well-lit ground surrounding the ash\u2019s distinctive trunks.<\/p>\n

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