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Arboricultral Consultant, Phillip Ellis, offers a few pointers on tree safety and owner responsibilty
carrying out my varied work. The most common question this year is about problems with Horse Chestnuts. They are now affected by three conditions, Bleeding Canker, Leaf Blotch and Leaf Miner. Put all these together and you have trees under stress that will probably die in the near future. Sudden Oak death is affecting other species including Beech, Sweet Chestnut, Rhododendron and Viburnum. Symptoms on tree trunks are the presence of dark red to black sap oozing from the bark and, as the disease spreads, girdles the trunk causing rapid death. In shrubs, likely symptoms are dying foliage and damage to stems.
A
s an arboricultural consultant, I get asked all sorts of question whilst
Bleeding Canker on Horse Chestnut
around the UK is causing dieback, and this can be seen around lakes and along riverbanks. It spreads rapidly and the only methods of control appear to be hygiene - removing and burning the affected tree - or heavy coppicing. More information can be found on the forestry commission web pages
www.forestry.gov.uk. Cures are going to be difficult, or nigh on impossible, to find, and hygiene may be the only choice. In my view, this really shows how important it is to have a diverse tree population in age and species. Avoiding species that are prone to infection in new planting is also advisable. We do have to ask ourselves if this proliferation of tree diseases is a result of climate change?
Are your trees safe?
The picture above, taken last autumn in Cheltenham, needs no explanation, and the occupant of the car was very lucky to escape
A similar disease affecting Alder
without serious injury whilst on the way to church. Had the tree undergone regular inspection this accident may have been avoided but, even so, trees do sometimes fail for no apparent reason. I have seen similar incidents in the past, where people have been killed, that certainly could have been avoided. Recent legal cases reaching the High Court have resulted in some clarification over inspection and what level of qualification is required. This has resulted in an almost panic situation by tree owners, either starting to lop or fell trees for no good reason. All owners of trees have a ‘Duty of Care’ to ensure damage to life and property is kept to a minimum. If you have trees on your sportsfields or estate, it is important to keep an eye on them with regular inspections, especially where a number of people are near the trees.
(HSE) Management of Risk from Falling Trees is a useful document that should be read by all grounds managers with responsibilities for trees. The HSE have produced a short document offering advice, which can be found at
www.hse.gov.uk. When you consider the risks, it is perhaps a good idea to ‘zone’ areas in terms of use and occupation of people and property. A woodland that is rarely used may be ‘low risk’ but, if, once a year the public are allowed entry, it needs an inspection to identify any potential hazards. Highest risk is always going to be near
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