Ash saplings newly planted on Cornell land are potentially resistant to devastating emerald ash borer insects, making the university the first propagation center in New York state.
Ash saplings newly planted on Cornell land are potentially resistant to devastating emerald ash borer insects, making the university the first propagation center in New York state.
The planting is part of The Nature Conservancy’s Trees in Peril project, seeking to restore disappearing ash trees across the country.
Emerald ash borers typically kill all the trees in a stand, but studies by the USDA Forest Service have found that sometimes a few healthy trees – dubbed lingering ash –remain, suggesting they have some natural resistance.
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Jules Ginenthal, natural areas stewardship coordinator, plants a black ash sapling. (Photo Credit: Sreang Hok/Cornell University)
