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United Kingdom · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
Which fungal disease, first identified in 2007, has killed millions of ash trees and threatens one of the most widespread broadleaf species in the landscape?
Answer: Ash dieback — Ash dieback is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, believed to have arrived on imported nursery stock from continental Europe in the early 2000s.
- A Dutch elm disease
- B Ash dieback ✓
- C Sudden oak death
- D Phytophthora ramorum
Ash dieback is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, believed to have arrived on imported nursery stock from continental Europe in the early 2000s.