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    Meeting Notes – 20th February 2024

    Meeting notes from 20/02/2024
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    Green spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum)

    Present in United Kingdom Not notifiable – See ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name – Elatobium abietinum (E. abietinum) Picture: Donald Owen, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Bugwood.org Green spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum) is an important defoliating pest of spruce trees (trees in the Picea genus), especially Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), which is widely grown in the UK […]
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    Tree Health Learning Pathway for Citizens

    Aim Who is it for? How does it work? Getting started Moving along the pathway Video Explaining the Learning Pathway Step 1: “Get started with Nature“ Task Resources Details/Links Learn about nature, plants, animals and fungi BBC Springwatch Ideas, information and resources to help wildlife  Field Studies Council Simple easy-to-use identification guides for a wide range of plant, animal and fungal species   Animal and Plant Health Agency Izzy the inspector, a […]
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    The pre-reclamation site-investigation process

    Site investigation, remediation, contaminated land, brownfield land, restoration, woodland
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    Two-lined chestnut borer (Agrilus bilineatus)

    The larvae, or grubs, of two-lined chestnut borer beetles are a pest of oak trees (trees in the Quercus genus) and sweet chestnut ( Castanea genus).
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    Elbow-patch crust of plane (Fomitiporia punctata)

    Present in United Kingdom Notifiable – See ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name of causal agent – Fomitiporia punctata (F. punctata) Picture: Lucien Rommelaars – Saxifraga Elbow-patch crust is a disease of London plane trees (Platanus x acerifolia, also known as Platanus x hispanica). It is caused by the basidiomycete fungus Fomitiporia punctata (F. punctata). The fungus was known before 2016 as Phellinus […]
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    Ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus)

    Present in United Kingdom Reportable – see ’Report a sighting’ below Scientific name of causal agent – Hymenoscyphus fraxineus Ash dieback is a highly destructive disease of ash trees (Fraxinus species), especially the United Kingdom’s native ash species, common ash (Fraxinus excelsior). It is caused by a fungus named Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (H. fraxineus), which is of eastern Asian […]
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    Acute oak decline

    Information including symptoms and distribution about acute oak decline disease of oak (Quercus species), characterised by stem bleeding
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    Emerald ash borer beetle (Agrilus planipennis)

    Information about the emerald ash borer beetle (EAB) (Agrilus planipennis), a damaging pest of ash trees.
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    Oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata)

    Oak lace bug (OLB) is an insect pest of oak trees (trees in the Quercus genus), and of several other species of broad-leaved trees.
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    General biomass information

    General background information about woodfuel and biomass