Acute oak decline (AOD) revealed in Kaliwoods this year, with 8-12 dead oaks at the entrance. Gary Batel saw them 2 years ago. It can spread from tree to tree. First defined in 2008-9 in Britain, but evidence from 2006 onwards. Spread by a beetle that carries the fungus. It involves a number of bacterialspecies which… Continue reading Acute Oak Decline (AOD)
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Richard Fox to wood, with TPO news
By random chance he followed me into the wood. After a firm reminder that with a TPO wood, I needed to seek permission to fell/coppice/cut back ANY tree - or at least any tree born prior to the TPO which was an early one, 1949. Ah so that’s ok, we’ve just felled silver birch which… Continue reading Richard Fox to wood, with TPO news
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