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Ash > Trunk > Unusual stems/sprouts on main trunk
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Environmental stress
Drought, compact soils, flood damage, winter injury, other
- Dead branches in the canopy
- Leaves wilt and turn brown at the tips and the margins first, then completely brown
- Many weak young shoots/sprouts at the base of the tree
- Leaves appear drooped or wilted within canopy
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Ash yellows phytoplasma
- Infected plants grow very slowly, and have a sparse thin canopy of leaves
- Leaves are small, yellow, often folded or cupped and grow in clumps along the branch
- Branches die throughout the canopy
- Many weak young sprouts with small yellow leaves arise from the base of the tree
- More information on ash yellows
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Emerald ash borers
- Chewing damage caused by adults occurs late May to early August
- Chews along the edges of leaves; defoliation is typically minor
- Slender bodied, 1/3 - 1/2 inch long; iridescent green with coppery colored head
- More information on Emerald ash borers
