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Originally Posted by special-K
it's such a shame. Chestnuts were the biggest trees in the east. The redwoods of the east, now gone. I don't see how the blight can live on w/o the trees, but I guess they are hosted by other trees?. I had the most mature Elm tree anyone who saw it had ever seen. I'm talking elderly people. But in '04 the leaves came out, thrn the tips started turning brown. But fall the leaves were gone and by spring the bark was falling off. I had just planted a seedling the year before the disease showed up. That grew for 15 years, then died. Dutch Elm Disease
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The woods around my house were heavy in white and blue ash, probably about 25% of the trees. They all died in a 5 year span several years back. There are a few smaller ones living still but I noticed last summer they were starting to look stressed. Unfortunately their absence had allowed invasive honeysuckle and privet to move in which makes it hard for the nice trees, like oak, walnuts, etc., to grow and replace the ash.