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As an owner of 2 old farms plus a homestead I have a lot of trees to manage.I have been culling and trimming my woods in an organized manner for 3 years now.
If it is a tree that grows in western New York ,I probably have some of them somewhere on my properties.For the last few years I have started to pay attention to deseases ,blights,and insects that have a negative effect on the trees.
The much maligned American Elm is one tree that we recognize as an example of a tree that was hurt by imported desease,Dutch Elm desease. Now they also suffer from Elm Yellows.The leaves will turn yellow,in the middle of summer and start to fall within days.The tree dies quickly.
Another tree that I thought as indestructable is the white ash.Wrong again ,the ash around here have a blight that causes galls to form where the seed pods should develope.The tree dies.It has taken some of the ones I have been watching a couple of years.They become dangerous to cut because the branches have a tendency to crack off and snag in the tree top,creating widow makers for anyone attempting to cut them down.
The American Chestnut,once the most prolific tree in North America is all but gone.Another tree that has been vitumized by an imported pest. There is a lot of effort being put forth to save this tree. Locating ,isolating,and breeding specimens found still healthy.
Sugar Maple in the north are examples of what acid rain can do to a tree population.I have some that are pretty sorry looking trees.
Black Cherry suffers from Red Rot. You cut down what looks like healthy tree only to find the middle is red powder.
I am sure there are many more examples of what I am talking about here. Haven't even touched on the problems with pines.
If it is a tree that grows in western New York ,I probably have some of them somewhere on my properties.For the last few years I have started to pay attention to deseases ,blights,and insects that have a negative effect on the trees.
The much maligned American Elm is one tree that we recognize as an example of a tree that was hurt by imported desease,Dutch Elm desease. Now they also suffer from Elm Yellows.The leaves will turn yellow,in the middle of summer and start to fall within days.The tree dies quickly.
Another tree that I thought as indestructable is the white ash.Wrong again ,the ash around here have a blight that causes galls to form where the seed pods should develope.The tree dies.It has taken some of the ones I have been watching a couple of years.They become dangerous to cut because the branches have a tendency to crack off and snag in the tree top,creating widow makers for anyone attempting to cut them down.
The American Chestnut,once the most prolific tree in North America is all but gone.Another tree that has been vitumized by an imported pest. There is a lot of effort being put forth to save this tree. Locating ,isolating,and breeding specimens found still healthy.
Sugar Maple in the north are examples of what acid rain can do to a tree population.I have some that are pretty sorry looking trees.
Black Cherry suffers from Red Rot. You cut down what looks like healthy tree only to find the middle is red powder.
I am sure there are many more examples of what I am talking about here. Haven't even touched on the problems with pines.