In this Dec. 14, 2009, file photo, Frank Knight, 101, of Yarmouth, stands in front of an elm tree known as "Herbie" in Yarmouth. Knight took care of the tree for about 50 years while working as the ...
Dutch elm disease has been present in the United States since the 1920s, when it began its rapid spread across elm populations, killing most American elms. Every year the disease continues to spread ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dutch elm disease has been reported back in Denver after more than a decade of its absence. The Denver forestry office discovered the disease last month in ...
The chair of Ballaugh Commissioners has described it as a ‘very sad day’ after two 250-year-old trees were felled. Both trees ...
As spring gives way to summer, you may notice dead, leafless trees standing out in Missouri's green landscape. It's a growing ...
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The devastation of elm trees in Ireland due to Dutch elm disease is one of the most striking but overlooked changes in our landscape ...
IN the water-meadows opposite my home in Chalfont St. Peter several elm trees were blown down by last winter's gales. The horses and cows grazing on these meadows spent much of their time in chewing ...