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Ash dieback has been increasingly visible for a number of years but I have no intention of trying to stem the flow of the disease, let alone any large scale removal and burning. I imagine that should some be genetically immune then their seedlings may survive.
There is no internal legislation to control the spread, but there is one on imports. For information on the origin and spread seeThe Woodland Trustand of course wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenoscyphus_fraxineus
Although the main host is the Ash, a species of the genus Fraxinus, the fungus consumes other species of Fraxinus which is a part of the Oleaceae family.
The two extracts below are from wikipedia.org
Fraxinus ~ English name ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America.
In August 2018, Defra and the Forestry Commission announced that the fungus had been found infecting three new hosts at Westonbirt Arboretum, mock privet, narrow-leaved mock privet and white fringetree. These were the first findings on hosts other than Fraxinus anywhere in the world.[47] All three new hosts are in the same taxonomic family as ash, the Oleaceae.
Care is being taken not to fell any healthy looking trees for firewood and other reasons For 2020 felling :~ see Comment 2
A microscope would be useful in seeing fungi cycle and for testing samples of saplings but as young trees do not have great strength in terms of mass to survive an attack I doubt any in-depth examination will be of much use apart from entertainment.
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