Josh Burk International Society of Arboriculture

Certified Arborist ON – 1577A

A Presentation on

Beech Bark

Disease By:

About ArborView

• Certification of completion from Arboriculture Canada Training & Education • Hazard and Danger Tree Cutting and

Falling • Chainsaw Operator Technician • Graduate of Train the Trainer Program • Arborist Technical Rigging • Tree Climbing, Fall Protection & Work

Positioning • Technical Tree Falling & Cutting • Production Tree Removal & Rigging • Chainsaw Safety & Cutting Techniques

• Member of the Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce

• Member of the International Society of Arboriculture

• Certified Arborist Certification from the International Society of Arboriculture # ON-1577A

Beech Bark Disease

• An Overview of what Beech Bark Disease is

• Stages and Signs of the Disease

• Management Recommendations

What Beech Bark Disease is

• Caused by a complex of beech scale and a species of Nectria fungi

• Develops in three stages • Advancing Front • Killing Front • Aftermath Zone

• Introduced from Europe in 1890 • Officially confirmed in Ontario in 1999 • Initiated by beech scale feeding • Final agent responsible is the Nectria fungus • Attacks larger trees first • Causes “Beech Snap” • 3-5 year mortally rate

Stages and Signs of the Disease

Stages and Signs of the Disease

Management Recommendations

• Hire a Certified Arborist to assess trees

• Fungus cannot be controlled only maintained

• Trees with poor vigor and visible cankers should be removed

• Water trees during dry spells

• Place wood chips around tree base

• Avoid root disruption

• Do not transport firewood from scale infested areas: between July-November

Thank You