ash trees
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Nature Notes
The Light, & the Dying of the Ash Trees. A poignant, devastating light is falling on the ash trees, illuminating their grey skeletons. The sheer scale of the loss of them, has become obvious and widespread this year. There are ghosts in the woods. Chalara ash dieback was officially identified in the UK in 2012. […]
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Nature Notes
Seams, ridges, holes, pellets. In the park by the footpath, two big old ash trees are felled. They dropped branches in storms and sometimes, on still, benign days. I inspect their prone forms, paying my respects, investigating a canopy I wouldn’t normally have access to. Their deep grooved trunks and branches supported lichens and insects, […]