The noble ancient Danish ash trees are being severely threatened by an aggressive fungus that causes ash dieback, a chronic fungal disease characterised by leaf loss and crown dieback.
Stig Egede Hansen, a forester from Stiftelsen Sorø Akademi in Funen, estimates that the vast majority of ash trees have disappeared in Denmark in recent years.
“I can see how the trees are suffering from crown dieback. There is still some life in some, but many are dead,” Hansen told Berlingske newspaper.
“I would estimate that 90 percent of our ash trees have disappeared, and it’s taken just six to seven years.”
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Source: The Copenhagen Post
