Present in Indiana and the reason for the pruning rule below. It's the single best argument against 'we'll just tidy the oak up in June'. In Plainfield, the most age-mixed canopy of the three: a genuine 1950s ring plus the pre-1900 Quaker core along Main Street (US 40) carries 60-to-90-year-old shade trees over the street, while Saratoga, Sugar Grove Farms and Legacy Farms hold 10-to-25-year-old planted stock, and the White Lick Creek bluffs hold the town's only real remnant woodland. Ash is gone here as everywhere in Indiana. A red oak showing symptoms is usually lost within a season.
Plainfield's canopy and what's at risk
The most age-mixed canopy of the three: a genuine 1950s ring plus the pre-1900 Quaker core along Main Street (US 40) carries 60-to-90-year-old shade trees over the street, while Saratoga, Sugar Grove Farms and Legacy Farms hold 10-to-25-year-old planted stock, and the White Lick Creek bluffs hold the town's only real remnant woodland. Ash is gone here as everywhere in Indiana.
What to look for
Rapid wilting from the top down in summer, leaves dropping while still half green, often one side of the canopy first.
Whether the tree can be saved
A red oak showing symptoms is usually lost within a season. The urgent job is protecting the oaks around it, because it moves underground through grafted roots.
Timing in Hendricks County
Never prune an oak here between April and July — that's when the beetles carrying it are active and a fresh cut is an open invitation. Dormant-season pruning only.
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