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Oh in time they will all have a whack at destroying it. Right now no one is going near this new "thing".What a noble sacrifice it made.
Is it for the littles?
It's an Ash tree.What kind of tree is it? Lol, your title made me think one of your 'toos had gotten outside and destroyed a tree!
That's exactly why it's a bird stand. I've got my eye on the apple tree now. I wonder if it's dying too?I only asked because I liked the shape haha it seemed like it wanted to become a bird-stand!
I've got my eye on the apple tree now. I wonder if it's dying too?
Tree was dying anyway.
It's an Ash tree.
Nice stand!
If the tree was ash and was dying it may have ash borers. A lot of ash trees here were treated or cut down because of them.
Invasive species | City of Ottawa
What EAB does
Emerald Ash Borers normally have a one-year life cycle, but some can take up to two years to mature. EAB lays eggs on tree bark and in bark crevices starting in late May.
In its larva form, which resembles a caterpillar, Emerald Ash Borer feeds just under the bark of ash trees. This feeding disrupts the tree’s circulation of water and nutrients. The presence of even a few insects in a tree can kill it.
Top branches of ash trees usually die off first. Trees can lose half its branches in a single year. Once larvae finish feeding under the bark, they mature into adult beetles that chew their way out of the tree.
S-shaped grooves and D-shaped exit holes 3.5 – 4 mm wide caused by adult beetles photo courtesy Troy Kimoto, CFIA
- look for loss of leaves and dead branches in the upper part of ash trees
- unusually thin tree crowns
- branch and leaf growth in the lower part of the stem where growth was not present before
- unusually high woodpecker activity
- look for bark splitting, S-shaped grooves beneath the bark caused by larval feeding, and D-shaped
- exit holes 3.5 – 4 mm wide caused by adult beetles
Infested ash trees in North America generally die after two to three years, but heavily infested trees have been observed to die after one year.
And I see they're an issue in Alberta as well.
Ash Borer :: City of Edmonton
The reason this tree died was because a rabbit chewed the base of the tree and killed it.