The Parish Council maintain several green spaces around Tytherington and they have a large number of Ash trees growing around the village. Unfortunately the ash trees are suffering from Ash Dieback Disease (ADD) which is caused by the fungus, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. H.fraxineus blocks the trees’ vascular system preventing water and nutrients from reaching the extremities of the branches.
Wilting of leaves and dieback of twigs are early signs of the disease, as are diamond-shaped lesions on the trunk at the base of infected branches. As the lesions slowly girdle the branch further dieback of shoots and branches in the upper crown occurs.
As the disease progresses, a profusion of live shoots (epicormic shoots) is often noticed below the dying branches. This is a reaction to stress in which the tree attempts to increase its leaf cover to aid photosynthesis.
The surveys of the different areas are on the Parish Council web site and unfortunately it will be very costly to the Parish to remove the diseased trees. CIL money cannot be used for this procedure.
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