tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519753940648239199.post7137865986975022694..comments2023-10-03T03:37:48.006-07:00Comments on Francis Fulford's Blog: Acute Oak DeclineFrancis Fulfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082145549822339781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519753940648239199.post-59788506130610076652011-08-01T12:59:02.051-07:002011-08-01T12:59:02.051-07:00You might have more luck citing to an example clos...You might have more luck citing to an example closer to home, in France, a tourist trap of a country the felling of 200-year-old trees alongside the Canal du Midi (UNESCO area) from the Ceratocystis platani microfungus has take some 50yrs to affect the trees as it became to be from the wooden crates (used to hold their ammunition) of the Americans during WWII.<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/27/french-axe-thousands-plane-treesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519753940648239199.post-62520409974366867572011-08-01T06:01:50.899-07:002011-08-01T06:01:50.899-07:00A very similar disease started appearing on the We...A very similar disease started appearing on the West coast of the US in 1995; there are other disorders with similar symptoms and the identical consequence, dead oaks, in the Eastern US: <br /><br />"A phenomenon known as Sudden Oak Death was first reported in 1995 in central coastal California. Since then, tens of thousands ... {of oaks} ... have been killed by a newly identified fungus, Phytophthora ramorum.<br />http://www.na.fs.fed.us/SOD/<br />http://www.massnrc.org/pests/pestFAQsheets/suddenoakdeath.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18385689703075431439noreply@blogger.com