Posted by Dave H (MI) on February 27, 2014 at 06:20:36 from (50.124.228.196):
In Reply to: Ash Tree Demise posted by pburg on February 27, 2014 at 05:26:41:
The EAB does NOT ruin the wood. It lives under the bark and makes geometric tracings and swirls in the living tissue that supports the tree. The heartwood is not affected. If you see bored hoes in the center of the tree then carpenter ants are the culprit but they do not wipe out the trees. A huge percentage of old hardwood has carpenter ants in the center around here. Saw a show about the Louisville slugger company and they said the logs are only good for making bats for a short window after harvest so they will not be stockpiling ash. Otherwise I would think you could cut it and dry it and use it for lumber? A lot of it here is being burned as fuel. If I could link you to Google Earth and an aerial shot of part of our woodlot it would give you somewhat of an idea of how bad it can get. There are plenty of standing hickory, oak, and sugar maple but the aerial view of a hundred or more dead ash trees laying on the ground is pretty dramatic. Understand, this all happened in a few years time. The trees have roots that do not hold up long after death of the tree so they fall within a couple years or the brittle wood shatters in the wind. Looks like the tree exploded. Good news is, it does not actually kill the tree. Hundreds of little ash trees come up around the dead stump. They thrive until 2-3" caliper and then it repeats the cycle and kills the tops. Could be one day a balance will be reached and some will make it.
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