Every July, reliably. Linden and crabapple get hit hardest here. In Speedway, no public street-tree inventory has been published for Speedway, so species counts are UNVERIFIED. Because the residential core finished building out by the mid-1950s and has barely been rebuilt since, much of the yard canopy is likely of comparable age and large enough to close over narrow streets and 40-to-50-foot lots — an inference from build-out dates, not a measured finding. The exception is Main Street, where a town streetscape reconstruction installed all-new landscaping, so those trees are recent. Ugly, rarely fatal to an established tree.
Speedway's canopy and what's at risk
No public street-tree inventory has been published for Speedway, so species counts are UNVERIFIED. Because the residential core finished building out by the mid-1950s and has barely been rebuilt since, much of the yard canopy is likely of comparable age and large enough to close over narrow streets and 40-to-50-foot lots — an inference from build-out dates, not a measured finding. The exception is Main Street, where a town streetscape reconstruction installed all-new landscaping, so those trees are recent.
What to look for
Leaves skeletonised to lace, worst at the top of the tree, through July.
Whether the tree can be saved
Ugly, rarely fatal to an established tree. A mature linden can lose most of its leaves in July and be fine the following spring.
Timing in Marion County
Treatment is a July problem, and hanging beetle traps near the tree makes it worse — they attract more beetles than they catch.
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