Fungus threatens ash trees in UK forests

[DavidBrown]

A killer fungus from the European mainland that kills ash trees has arrived in the U.K. and has the potential to alter the ecology of the forests there.

Ash dieback disease could alter the landscape of England - latimes.com

 

[dean]

It has destroyed a lot of the Ash trees in Denmark and has been on the continent for about 20 years so it could do a lot of damage to our woodlands.
Unfortunately a lot of the "native" species planted by well meaning individuals and groups, use imported stock so there may be a lot more outbreaks to come. Fortunately Ash doesn't,- as far as I know- have any specific species dependant on it unlike the Oak tree and Silver Birch amongst others.