Forestry and Tree Health Resources
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Present in UK Notifiable – see ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name of causal agent – Cryphonectria parasitica Picture: D. Rigling Sweet chestnut blight is a destructive disease of sweet chestnut trees (trees in the Castanea genus) caused by the ascomycete fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. It was formerly known as Endothia parasitica. It can...
Forest soil chemistry and implications for the buried archaeological resource
Site investigation, remediation, contaminated land, brownfield land, restoration, woodland
Information about elm zigzag sawfly (Aproceros leucopoda), now established in Great Britain, including its biology, the risk it poses to elms in Britain, and its identification
Table of contents: Service overview Our top performing foliar analysis service offers a comprehensive range of standard and specialist tests to determine the chemical composition of leaf and foliage samples. This will help identify nutrient deficiencies to boost plant growth, yield and quality. We provide a comprehensive suite of chemical...
How social and environmental justice affects how people from different social groups use and access green space
1. Principles The principles underlying the guidance presented below are: maintaining, where possible, the values and benefits associated with ash woodlands and iconic trees; securing an economic return where timber production is an important objective; maintaining as much genetic diversity in ash trees as possible with the aim of ensuring the...
Information including symptoms and distribution about acute oak decline disease of oak (Quercus species), characterised by stem bleeding
How the provision of greenspace can increase invertebrate biodiversity in the urban environment
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