Answered for Westfield, Hamilton County.
The main reason mature Scotch pine is disappearing from Indiana windbreaks and old Christmas tree plantings. In Westfield, overwhelmingly young planted stock rather than inherited woodland, with ash removed from the picture by emerald ash borer. If the 18-foot mature-height limit in §92.02 stands as written, Westfield's tree lawns are effectively limited to small ornamentals — no future large shade canopy over the street by design — but that section could not be independently verified and should be confirmed before it is relied on. There is no cure once symptoms appear.
Overwhelmingly young planted stock rather than inherited woodland, with ash removed from the picture by emerald ash borer. If the 18-foot mature-height limit in §92.02 stands as written, Westfield's tree lawns are effectively limited to small ornamentals — no future large shade canopy over the street by design — but that section could not be independently verified and should be confirmed before it is relied on.
The whole tree browns in a single season, often starting on one side. Needles stay attached.
There is no cure once symptoms appear. The tree needs removing promptly — dead pines are a fire and fall risk, and the beetles that carry the nematode breed in the dead wood.
Remove and destroy infected trees before the following spring, when the beetles emerge.
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