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angelnumber27 · 1 year
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Beetle feeding galleries on a wych elm
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7-percent · 11 months
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British Flora and Fauna
For fic writers siting their stories outside of London in the countryside, it is worth noting some absences. I came across a sentence written in 2020 about Brighton: 
The lawns extend beyond a small garden café, shaded by old and new elm trees. They sit down on the grass beneath one of the larger ones.
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Alas, apart from Brighton, there are no large elms left in the UK, almost all of them were destroyed by Dutch Elm disease (Ophiostoma novo-ulmi).  It came to the UK first in the 1920s, when about 40% of all elms died. Then it seemed to stabilise for forty years until a new, more virulent, strain of the fungus arrived in the 1960s. By the 1970s, almost all elms in southern England had died. 25 million elms were felled, less than 1,000 remain.
Without mature elm to consume, the fungus died off, only to reappear 20 years later and infect almost all younger elms. Survivors tend to be stunted and in hedgerows where they are regularly pruned back by farmers. Once an elm reaches three metres in height, the beetles see it as a breeding ground, attack it and introduce the fungus. 
Millions of elm trees in the UK over the last 50 years have succumbed, and there is no sign of a cure.  Spread by Elm beetles, the disease is always fatal to the tree. It originated in Canada and arrived by accident in Scotland and has spread everywhere since. It’s called “Dutch” not because it came from there; rather, it was Dutch botanists who identified the disease in the 1960s. 
There is only one area in southern England which still has substantial numbers of elms still standing - Brighton & Hove. The city is the custodian of the National Elm Collection thanks to the work done over the decades, to protect the number and variety of elm trees in the city. Brighton’s most famous elm is the 400-year-old Preston Twin still standing in Preston Park. There were once two of them (hence twins) but one had to be felled in 2019 when it succumbed to the disease. A deep trench was dug between the two trees to sever their root connections in the hope of saving the last 400 year old elm in the country. 
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dbaydenny · 11 months
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American Elm
'twas a lovely tree,
a shady spot to enjoy,
lining every street
end to end majestic elms
bound to meet a tragic end.
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D W Eldred
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June 28, 2022
The Canadian Council on Invasive Species (CCIS) gave a short presentation of the top 10 invasive species already in Canada or that could come to Canada from south of our border and that we therefore should be on the alert for. 
The top 10 invasive species were as follows:
Asian long-horned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
Spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula
Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia
Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis
Hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae
Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys
Dutch elm disease, Ophiostoma ulmi and Ophiostoma novo-ulmi
Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica
Spongy moth (also LDD moth; previously gypsy moth), Lymantria dispar dispar
Lily leaf beetle, Lilioceris lilii
I have definitely seen at least three of these species and/or the damage they have done, specifically 4, 8, and 9. 
You can help by reporting these species through, for example, iNaturalist. CCIS has their own project on iNaturalist, titled “I Spy and Identify Invasives / Je vois, J’identifie les espèces envahissantes”, which you can join: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/i-spy-and-identify-invasives-je-vois-j-identifie-les-especes-envahissantes. The CCIS also has a whole webpage on how and where to report: https://canadainvasives.ca/take-action/report/.
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City Canopy Care: Dispose of Elm Wood for Free this October!
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gallusrostromegalus · 2 years
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If I look at your blog on mobile in a browser (but not on a PC browser), the notes indicators have periods instead of commas, and instead of 'notes' it says 'notities'. I think you made it Dutch somehow?
Just tried this on two different phones, it's still in English for me. Did you set my blog to dutch on your browser? Or do we have Dutch Blog Disease running through the site?
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multifandomhoodies · 7 months
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the increasing presence of invasive species and new tree diseases makes me so sad. we've got spotted lanternfly in my park, althought i havent seen it, it's there. We talked about the new beech leaf disease today in our meeting and our park's big old beech tree (most likely from the 1800s) has it. Oak wilt's moving further north because of warming climate zones. Sucks man.
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gaytobymeres · 10 months
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i could not work in an arboretum/as an arboriculturist because its like 'here are lots of really old and culturally/conservationally valuable trees, please keep them alive also here are five hundered million bajillion pests which can kill all of these trees + theres no cure for most of them + for some diseases you have to remove all the trees in one particular genus. sorry.'
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stonechild · 1 year
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Beetle feeding galleries on wych elm trunk
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dear-photograph · 2 months
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Dear Photograph, My wife and I were married in 2016 around and under this special 100-year-old elm on my parent's farm. The Lone Elm lost its battle to the Dutch elm disease this year and was cut down. A large empty hole in the family and the landscape now exists. - Austin
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acapelladitty · 8 days
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Please I am begging you, they are hairy cunts, but which ones love hairy cunts?
Scarecrow - Is old enough to remember the good old days where pubic hair was all the rage. Not that he was getting any hole, but he still remembers. Doesn't mind either way.
Riddler - Will happily enjoy whatever is put in front of him but enjoys it when his partner goes to the effort of keeping things neat or doing shaped work etc.
Poison Ivy - Loves pubic hair and finds it very erotic.
Catwoman - Has a preference for things to be shaved or at least tidy, but doesn't really mind too much. If she's interested then hair isn't going to put her off.
Captain Boomerang - Big bush guy. Adores it! He's gonna get lost in there and he's not looking for a way out. Gonna floss his crooked teeth with every strand.
Two Face - Serious answer, he isn't fussed either way but likes things to be tidy. Fun answer, he likes it half shaved and half bush which leaves the pussy looking like it has Dutch Elm disease.
Penguin - Has a preference for shaved pubic hair on his partner but isn't a little bitch about it.
Black Mask - Hates it. Demands all his partners be as smooth as a doll or he'll make a big deal about how disgusting they are.
Harley Quinn - Isn't bothered either way. Hairy kitty or bald kitty, she's down to clown.
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mst3kgifs · 6 months
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Quick, give them Dutch elm disease!
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headspace-hotel · 8 months
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Trying to read up on Dutch elm disease...interested in it because I've seen plenty of elms in my area that don't seem to be struggling.
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theweeowlart · 8 months
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Mushrooms are fascinating and some are so visually stunning it's hard to believe they are real. This beautiful mushroom is commonly known as the Wrinkled Peach. It likes to grow on dead and rotting elm so after the Dutch elm disease outbreak they became quite common, now it is fairly rare although it will sometimes grow on other hardwoods. You will find my drawing in my Etsy shop, this and other mushrooms are available☺️👇 Original mixed media drawings - Mushrooms https://etsy.me/3KHoqf5 via @Etsy
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jillraggett · 2 years
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Plant of the Day
Sunday 7 August 2022
This Ulmus parvifolia 'Frosty' (lacebark elm, Chinese elm) is a small tree with lots of character. It features green leaves with frosted edges and interestingly mottled bark. The tree produces a vase shaped habit and has proved resistant to dutch elm disease.
Jill Raggett
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Branching Out: City of Saskatoon's Free Elm Wood Cleanup Initiative
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