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 ...

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 ...

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has acknowledged that ash dieback is in the UK to stay. Since it was first confirmed at a Buckinghamshire nursery in March, the number of cases has slowly increased ...

Volunteers have been given 1,200 saplings including hawthorn, blackthorn, elder and hazel.

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 ...

Work is now underway in South Lanarkshire to safely remove the most dangerous trees affected by ash dieback disease. Specialist equipment has been used to remove affected ash trees from the embankment ...

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a new generation of ash trees, growing naturally in woodland, exhibits greater resistance to the ...

PART of a well-used county A-road is set to close from tomorrow for essential tree works. The A40 at Lea will close between ...

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has acknowledged that ash dieback, a disease that threatens the UK's ash trees, will not be eradicated. Announcing the government's action plan to tackle the ...

The first case of ash dieback disease in Nottinghamshire will result in thousands of trees on a major road being chopped down. County Hall confirmed the fungus on Colwick Loop Road, near Nottingham, ...