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swampfox440 said:
In my opinion the ash trees haven't figured out how to stop the emerald ash bores. Often times trees will send up suckers from the roots and stump. These sucker roots seem to create some kind of defense against attackers. It's a slow process. The new tree may grow up halfway then get attacked. If you cut down the second dead tree and leave the stump a new sucker will arise each one seems to be a little mor resistant due to genetic drift. Genetic drift is when a plant is cloned many times mother nature has a safety valve, they call it genetic drift. Hear is an example: Red Bartlett pears are a bud sport of regular bartlett pears. It is a bud or branch on a regular bartlett pear tree that produced red pears a genetic differential, mutation, genetic drift. It's hard to explain but this is the best I can do without getting into a huge discussion. As always there needs to be more studies done on this phenomenon. A very slow process indeed.
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Interesting Mark.
 
DigMyChicks said:
This bugger is why.
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swampfox440 said:
In my opinion the ash trees haven't figured out how to stop the emerald ash bores. Often times trees will send up suckers from the roots and stump. These sucker roots seem to create some kind of defense against attackers. It's a slow process. The new tree may grow up halfway then get attacked. If you cut down the second dead tree and leave the stump a new sucker will arise each one seems to be a little mor resistant due to genetic drift. Genetic drift is when a plant is cloned many times mother nature has a safety valve, they call it genetic drift. Hear is an example: Red Bartlett pears are a bud sport of regular bartlett pears. It is a bud or branch on a regular bartlett pear tree that produced red pears a genetic differential, mutation, genetic drift. It's hard to explain but this is the best I can do without getting into a huge discussion. As always there needs to be more studies done on this phenomenon. A very slow process indeed.
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Sounds pretty scientific and confusing but interesting.
Mine came from the wind when I lived in an apartment 10 years ago. Stuff started sprouting and we had no idea what is was until a family friend said it was an Ash tree. I know nothing more about it other than that.
 

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