Inventory of Ash Trees in Paxton, Illinois

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1 Inventory of Ash Trees in Paxton, Illinois

2 East Central Illinois Master Naturalists Inventory of Ash Trees in Paxton, Illinois The Advisory Board of the East Central Illinois Master Naturalists (ECIMN) program has initiated an inventory of ash trees in this region to determine the potential for damage due to an infestation by the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis, or EAB for short). The purposes of this inventory are to estimate the magnitude of the potential problem in east central Illinois and to alert public officials in communities within the region. This report identifies the locations and health of ash trees in Paxton. ECIMN volunteers have field experience in the subject of this report, but they are not trained professionals. Before taking any action, expert advice should be solicited. The EAB was identified in Michigan about ten years ago and has spread to adjoining states. This pest was detected in the nearby towns of Rantoul in the fall of 2010, Champaign in the spring of 2012 and Danville in the spring of 2014, but has not yet been detected in Paxton. Ash trees of the Fraxinus genus (all common ash trees, but not mountain ash) that have EAB start showing decline in one to three years and ultimately are completely killed. Insecticide treatment options may be viewed on state <agr.state.il.us/eab> and federal <emeraldashborer.info> websites. Either insecticide treatment or removal and disposal of ash trees will be a costly budget item that could be planned for rather than dealt with on an emergency basis. Dead ash trees are a public and personal safety issue, and early planning and replacement by other trees will ameliorate the visual devastation caused by the loss of ash trees. The inventory in Paxton was done on August 3, 10 and 17, on September 14 and on October 3, It was conducted by driving along the streets in Paxton and identifying ash trees. The street location and condition of ash trees that could be identified from public roads were tabulated. Their latitude and longitude were recorded using a handheld GPS device and subsequently uploaded onto a satellite map of the area. Whether the trees appeared to be on public or private land was recorded. It is estimated that more than 90% of the public roads/streets were included in this inventory. On the attached maps each numbered flag shows the location of one or more ash trees that could be seen from that point. The flag numbers correspond to entries in the table that follows the maps. Except for a few cases, the assessment of the health of the trees was made from a distance and was qualitative, because a more exact description would require careful inspection of each tree. The trees are listed in the table as healthy (H), waning (W), sick (S), or dead (D). Waning is used to designate a tree that was mostly alive, but had more than one or two dead branches; sick designates a tree that was mostly dead with a few live branches. The table has separate columns for trees on public and private land. These are approximate designations, since it was not always clear whether the trees were on public or private property. Occasionally the satellite signal was lost, resulting in misplaced flags. In this case the spreadsheet description is the valid tree(s) location. On the last day of the survey, October 3, some of the trees had started losing their leaves, making it impossible to assess the state of their health. These entries are in red in the table. There were 117 trees in this category.

3 The summary at the end of the table shows that of the 681 ash trees found in this inventory, 497 (73%) were identified as being on public land. Ninety-five of these trees showed signs of decline in health, but no completely dead trees were seen, possibly due to prompt action to remove dead trees. Among the 117 trees that had lost their leaves by October 3 there may have been some sick or dead trees, thus accounting for the early onset of dormancy. On private land, of the 184 ash trees, 23 of them were judged to be in the waning or sick category plus an undetermined number of the 54 trees that had gone dormant by October 3. Of the 31 communities that have been surveyed to date, Paxton had the highest fraction of ash trees on public land. This emphasizes the importance of continuing tree inspection, long range planning and budgeting by Paxton officials. Paxton residents should be informed that they should also do this. At the time of the survey, the EAB had not yet been identified in Paxton, so the reason for the decline of some of the ash trees is not known. The website, < champaign/homeowners/ html>, has information on ash tree diseases. In regions where the EAB has been identified, it has been observed that EAB damage appears first in trees that are already in decline due to drought, disease, native borers or injury. A few tree trunks were examined closely and were found to have small round borer holes characteristic of a native borer, but no D- shaped holes characteristic of the EAB were observed. Native ash borers are commonly found in this region. To distinguish native ash borers from the EAB, <ashalert.osu.edu/userfiles/ native_borers.pdf> can be consulted. Regular inspection of the ash trees in Paxton to look for damage due to EAB as well as native borers can help both officials and homeowners deal with EAB more effectively. Decisions could be made about which trees to treat with insecticide in an effort to save them. The website, < files/multistate_eab_insecticide_fact_sheet.pdf> provides more information on insecticide types and treatment schedules. The website < Central_IL.pdf> may be helpful if it is decided to replace an ash tree with a different species. Submitted by Carl Altstetter, October 16, revised December 8, 2014 Approved by the ECIMN Publication Review Committee November 17, 2014 Carol Steinman, president of ECIMN Advisory Board

4 Ash Tree Inventory of Paxton, southeast section (flag numbers correspond to table entries, blue line is survey route)

5 Ash Tree Inventory of Paxton, northeast section (flag numbers correspond to table entries, blue line is survey route)

6 Ash Tree Inventory of Paxton, northwest section (flag numbers correspond to table entries, blue line is survey route)

7 Ash Tree Inventory of Paxton, southwest section (flag numbers correspond to table entries, blue line is survey route)

8 Ash Inventory Paxton, Illinois observers : Carol Berthold, Aart Molsen, Carl Altstetter 8/3, 10, 17; 9/14; 10/3/2014 (condition: H=healthy, W=waning, S=sick, D=dead) # road/street condition(insert#) public private remarks 8/3/ Rte. 9 & Cherry 1 x 416 Across from 549 Cherry 1 x 417 Just N. of 549 Cherry 1 x 418 Corner of Franklin & Cherry 1 1 x Cherry 1 x 420 Across from 312 Cherry 3 x 421 Across from 250 Cherry 2 x 422 Cherry St, just S. of Center St. 1 x 426 Cherry & Center Sts. 2 1 x xx waning is on public N. Cherry 2 x N. Cherry 1 x N. Cherry 1 x N. Cherry 2 x N. Cherry 1 x 435 North end of Cherry 1 1 x 436 End of Cherry NW corner 9 x 437 Pine & Cherry, NE corner 1 x 438 Elm St. just S of Pine, Howard Thomas Park 3 x Holmes 4 1 xxxx x waning is on private land Elm & across street 2 2 x 441 Across from 110 Elm 1 x 442 NW corner of Pells/Elm 1 x Elm 1 x 444 Elm St./Center 2 x 445 Patton/Elm 2 x 446 Elm/Franklin 2 x ball diamond 447 Elm across from ball diamond 1 x Elm 2 1 x

9 Elm 1 x epicormic growth S. Elm 1 x County Thyme tea room S. Taft 1 1 x x waning is on private land 452 Taft N. of Franklin, NW corner 1 x 453 Taft N. of Orleans 1 1 x 454 Taft/Center 2 x Busey Bank 455 Across from 145 N. Taft 1 x 456 SW corner Taft/State 1 x 457 NW corner Taft/Holmes 2 x 458 NW corner Taft/Pine 1 x round & oval holes 459 Taft at Spruce 1 x 460 Taft at Chestnut, SE corner 1 x 461 N. side of Chestnut at Taft 1 1 x N. Taft 3 x 463 Walnut/Taft 1 x 464 NE corner American/Walnut 1 x 465 NE corner American/Oak 1 1 x N. American 4 x N. American 2 x 468 American S. of Spruce 2 x 469 American/State 1 x insect trap on tree 470 American/Pells 1 x 471 American/Center 1 x epicormic growth on trunk 472 American S.of Center 2 x 473 American/Patton 1 x 474 American S. of Patton 1 x S. Market 2 x S. Market 1 x S. Market 2 x N. Market 1 x epicormic growth on trunk 479 SW corner Market/Chestnut 1 x much old epicormic growth on trunk N. Market 2 x x Oak 1 x

10 482 SE corner Maple/Spruce 2 x old epicormic growth at base W. Pine (on Maple) 2 x 484 Maple/Holmes 3 x 485 SE corner Maple & Pells 2 x 486 Maple north of Center 1 x S. Maple 1 x 488 NE corner Maple/Patton 1 x epicormic growth 8/10/ John/Franklin 1 x John 1 x S. John 1 1 x 492 Cherry/Franklin 3 xx x 493 " 1 x W. Franklin 1 x W. Franklin 2 x 496 Franklin/Elm 1 x ball diamond W. Franklin 1 x W. Franklin 2 1 x xx waning on public W. Franklin 1 x W. Franklin 3 x W. Patton 1 x W. Patton 1 x 503 Patton/Taft 2 x x W. Patton 2 1 x " 2 x x " 1 x 507 Jr. HS 1 x 508 Orleans 2 x x 509 Orleans/Cherry 2 x Orleans 1 x Orleans 1 2 x Upper Room Church 512 Orleans 1 x Hands of Christ Orleans 1 x

11 Orleans 2 x x Orleans 3 xx x Orleans 2 x Orleans 1 x 518 Orleans/Market 2 1 x 519 Center 1 x optometrist Center 1 1 x Center 1 x Center 3 xx x 523 Center W. of Cherry 1 x Center 1 x W. Pells 1 x Pells 1 x Pells 1 1 x Pells 1 x Pells 1 x 177" girth (56.3" DBH) Pells 1 1 x x sick on public Pells 1 x Pells 5 x 533 across from 211 Pells 1 x State 1 x State 3 x State 1 x State 1 x State 1 x 539 State/Cherry 1 x State 4 x Plum 1 x 542 Plum/Pells 1 x Holmes 4 1 x x 1 waning, 1 healthy on private Holmes 1 x Holmes 1 x 546 Holmes across from depot 2 x

12 547 across from 127 Pine 1 x Pine 2 x 549 across from 321 Pine 1 x 550 Elm/Pine 1 x Spruce 1 x Spruce 1 x Spruce 1 x Spruce 1 1 x 555 Chestnut W. of Market 1 x 556 across from 125 Chestnut 1 x 557 across from 209 Chestnut 1 1 x 8/17/ E. Ottowa 2 x S. Vermilion 1 x 560 Vermilion between Ottawa and Franklin 1 x 561 Vermilion N. of Franklin 4 x 562 Vermilion/Patton 1 x N. Vermilion 2 1 x 564 Center/Vermlion 1 x S. Vermilion 2 x ball diamond N. Vermilion 1 x 567 Vermilion/State 1 x 568 Vermilion/alley S. of Pine 2 x x N. Vermilion 1 x 570 Spruce/Vermilion 1 1 x 571 Vermilion S. of Chestnut 2 x 572 Rt. 45 S. of Chestnut 5 x Spruce 1 1 x Chestnut 1 x 575 Chestnut/Union 1 x 576 Union S. of Chestnut 2 x x Union 1 1 x 579 Union S. of Pine 1 x

13 580 Union/Pells 2 x 581 Union N. of Orleans 2 x x 582 Union S. of Orleans 2 x x 583 Union N. of Patton 1 x 584 Ottawa/Union 1 x E. Ottawa 1 x E. Ottawa 3 xx x 587 Washington/Ottawa 1 1 x 588 Washington/Franklin 1 x Franklin 1 2 x 590 Washington S. of Patton 3 x 591 Washington/Patton 1 x S. Washington 2 x 593 Washington/Orleans 1 1 x 594 Washington S. of Center 2 1 x 595 Washington/Center 2 2 x 596 Washington S. of Pells 1 x N. Washington 2 x 598 Washington/Holmes 1 x 599 Washington/Pine 1 1 x N. Washington 1 x E. Chestnut 2 x E. Chestnut 2 x 603 Spruce/Washington 1 x E. Spruce 2 x E. Spruce 1 x E. Pine 1 x E. Pine 4 xxx x E. Pine 1 x E. Pine 4 x E. State 1 x E. State 3 x E. State 1 1 x

14 E. State 1 1 x State 2 x 615 State E. of Vermillion 3 x E. State 4 x 617 Pells/Vermillion 6 1 x at playground E. Pells 3 x E. Pells 4 x E. Pells 1 2 x E. Pells 3 x E. Pells 2 x 623 Center/High 1 x 624 Pells Park 2 x 625 " 1 x 626 " 2 x Pells 2 x x " 3 x " 2 x x Pells 8 1 x Heartland Health Care 631 Monical's parking lot 1 x 9/14/ E. Patton 2 1 x E. Patton 5 x " 1 x " 1 1 x 777 Patton/Washington x E. Patton 1 x " 1 1 x " 1 1 x x sick on public " 2 x x " 2 x x " 2 1 x Orleans 2 x " 2 x

15 " 2 1 x x waning on public " 1 x " 4 x " 2 1 x x sick on private " 1 x " 4 xxx x " 2 1 x " 2 1 x xx W private. large, dead branch in crown " 1 x wilting leaves " 1 x 796 Orleans/Railroad 1 2 x Center 4 x school Center 4 x 3 at school " 1 x " 1 1 x " 1 x " 1 x " 3 x " 3 x xx " 3 x " 5 1 x 808 Pells/Fall 2 x x Fall 2 x 810 Fall/Eastview 1 x Fall 1 x 812 Coady Park 1 1 x round borer holes 813 " 4 x Parklawn 1 x 815 College 1 x 816 school yard 1 1 x Franklin 2 x " 1 1 x " 1 x

16 " 4 1 x " 1 x " 3 x Summer 1 x " 1 1 x " 1 x 826 Glen Cemetery 1 x 827 Summer/Park 2 x 828 baseball diamond 2 2 x round holes, old epicormic growth Summer 1 x " 1 1 x " 3 x " 1 x 833 Strong/Summer 2 x soccer field 834 Summer/Park 1 x 835 Ottawa/Park 1 x 836 Union/Ottawa 1 1 x 837 Union/Fulton 3 2 x 10/3/ S Vermilion between Franklin and Ottawa 1 x 840 Vermilion/Patton 6 x park near scout hut 841 Vermilion/Summer 1 x Vermilion 1 x 843 Vermilion/Dawn 1 lost leaves, health uncertain Vermilon 1 see note at end of table Green 5 " 846 across from 8 Dawn 2 " Lane 3 " 848 Lane/Prospect 4 " Lane 2 " Prospect 1 x Paxton Apts Prospect 3 see note at end of table Union 2 "

17 853 Washington 4 alley between Meuser and Larson 854 Washington/Bogardus 1 x 855 Washington between Bogardus and Prospect 2 x 856 Glen St. 1 x across from water tower 857 across from 704 High 1 see note at end of table High 2 x x across street from each other High 2 see note at end of table 860 across from 811 High 1 " 861 end of High St 1 5 " Allison 1 1 " 863 near 17 Allison 1 x 864 across from 19 Allison 7 x small; 4 inch *865 Kelley Ct 2 waypoint flag on map is misplaced * Cambridge 1 due to weak satellite signal *867 Cambridge/Pheasants Forever 1 " * Pheasants Forever 3 " *869 near 14 Bayles Ct 3 " 870 park across 1130 Strong 3 see note at end of table Washington Blvd. 1 " N Stockholm 7 " 873 near 1106 Stockholm 4 " E. Larson 1 " E. Larson 2 " Stockholm 1 x Stockholm 5 " 878 behind 830 Stockholm 1 " Prospect 1 " Prospect 2 " Prospect 1 " 882 Prospect/Fall 1 " 883 Fall/Bogardus 2 x 884 near Bogardus/Fall 1 x Bogardus 1 "

18 886 dog park 1 " Eastview 1 " Eastview 2 " Roselawn 2 " Park Terrace 1 " Park Terrace 3 " Washington 1 " 894 across from Knights Templar Home 2 " 895 near 341 Fulton 5 in park Fulton 4 see note at end of table Fulton 3 in park 898 opposite 410 Prospect 2 see note at end of table 899 Prospect just W. of Washington 2 2 " Bogardus 2 " Bogardus 1 " Bogardus 2 1 " 903 Bogardus/Vermilion 1 " Larson 1 6 " Note: On 10/3 many of the trees had started losing their leaves, so that their health was not assessed (red numbers) Summary total number of trees: plus 117 trees of undetermined health number on public land: number on private land: