Ash Dieback Reaches From Cornwall To Inverness; Unstoppable, Though Individual Trees May Be Saved

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The fungus, chalara fraxinea, has been found in sites from Cornwall to Inverness, according to Forestry Commission data released last week. It has also reached Northern Ireland and infected 22 sites there.

Many of the infected sites are “recent plantings” where imported saplings could have brought in the infection, and it is feared the disease could wipe out the country’s ash population.

The recent cold snap has stopped the spread but it is expected to resume in the spring when the in the spring when the Government will announce it’s plans to deal with the disease.

Officials doubt that the fungus can be contained. Oliver Rackham, honorary professor of historical ecology at the University of Cambridge, said: "The disease seems to be widespread, and I don't see that there's really any future in trying to establish a situation where it's present in some parts of the country and not in others. That stage is past."

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/9830940/Ash-dieback-unstoppable-but-fungicides-could-save-most-valuable.html

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