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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>We are seeing the same thing here in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Red Deer</st1:City></st1:place>. In late
September some Green Ash were still leafed out when the temperatures
plummeted. We observed many trees holding dead leaves over winter. To
compound the problem, we’ve received little precipitation in the fall and
little snow cover over the winter. This spring was hard on our trees
too. In April the temperatures were really mild until the end of the
month when the temperatures dipped going into the beginning of May. Many <st1:place
w:st="on">Aspen</st1:place> poplar that were leafed out during this time
period, suffered a bit of frost damage. I would agree that it is abiotic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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canufnet-bounces@list.web.net [mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Boone, Jeff (IS - Parks)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> June 28, 2010 12:53 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'canufnet@list.web.net'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CANUFNET] green ash
decline</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
11.0pt'>In <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saskatoon</st1:place></st1:City>,
many of our green ash are struggling this year. We are seeing many trees
with portions of the mid and upper crown dying and often the lower crown is
struggling to leaf out. In some cases the trees have not leafed out at
all. The damage is widespread throughout the city. The trees are of
mixed age but many are well established. I’m wondering if other
prairie cities are seeing green ash fail to leaf out with significant dieback
in the crown. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
11.0pt'>We suspect the cause is abiotic. Not sure if this is part of the
story but we had very unusual Fall weather. We had an early snow fall in
October, exceptionally warm weather in November and then a very sudden drop in
December with no snow cover. We also had two weeks of warm weather in
January. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Any suggestions are appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Jeff W. Boone<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Entomologist B.Sc. M.Sc <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(306) 975 3466<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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