Ash dieback – a fatal disease of Britain’s native ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) – is one of the worst tree disease epidemics the UK has ever seen. The disease is caused by a fungus that originated in ...

Ash dieback is a severe disease that has substantially threatened European ash populations, particularly Fraxinus excelsior. The disease is caused by the invasive ascomycete fungus Hymenoscyphus ...

Trees growing near roads are to be cut down in response to the spread of ash dieback. Cumberland Council has found several areas where ash trees have been infected with the disease and need ...

Ash dieback and other tree diseases are resulting in significantly more greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought because a large amount of carbon is escaping from woodland soils, a study has ...

Ash dieback and other tree diseases are resulting in significantly more greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought because a large amount of carbon is escaping from woodland soils, a study has ...

A decade after ash dieback was found in the UK, there is still a real threat of importing other diseases with a “similarly devastating” impact, conservationists warn. The disease, which causes leaf ...

Councillors have praised the way the risk of Ash dieback - a chronic fungal disease which could strike 20 per cent of all trees in Devon – is set to be managed, but are bracing themselves for phone ...

A wildlife charity said it was facing a "woodland crisis" as trees were increasingly suffering with disease. The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire shared the result ...

Trees are being felled in Woodside Place and Gorses Steps, Darcy Lever, as council contractors carry out the work targeted Ash trees. Work has been taking place all week. Little Lever and Darcy Lever ...

Work is underway again across South Lanarkshire this winter to safely remove ash trees that have been severely affected by Ash Dieback Disease. Specialist teams will only be felling trees that pose an ...

A council has agreed a contract that will see them spend nearly £2.2m on tree care over the next four years. The deal agreed by Somerset Council includes funding for ongoing efforts to combat ash ...