Emerald Ash Borer in Indiana: Signs Your Ash Tree Is Infested
If your Indiana ash tree is thinning from the top down, shedding bark in vertical splits, and sprouting clusters of shoots from its trunk, emerald ash borer is the most likely cause.
If your Indiana ash tree is thinning from the top down, shedding bark in vertical splits, and sprouting clusters of shoots from its trunk, emerald ash borer is the most likely cause.
Trees rarely get sick overnight. Disease usually announces itself in small, readable ways first: leaves that spot and drop in July, a patch of bark that sinks and darkens, mushrooms appearing at the base of the trunk after rain.
Finding strips of bark under your tree is unsettling, but a tree losing bark is not always a tree in trouble.
Ask an Evansville homeowner what stresses their trees and you will hear the same short list: leaves that spot and drop by midsummer, limbs down after every big storm, a tree that sulks for years without dying or thriving.
Most tree problems give you time. A thinning canopy, a few dead branches, a tree that needs shaping — those can wait for a convenient week.
When an ice storm moves through Evansville, the damage is usually done quietly overnight. Ice builds on every twig and branch, and a mature tree can end up carrying thousands of extra pounds it was never built to hold.