Common in Indiana maples, and frequently misdiagnosed as drought stress. 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 soil-borne fungus with no cure.
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
One branch or one side wilts while the rest looks healthy. Olive-green streaking in the sapwood under the bark.
Whether the tree can be saved
A soil-borne fungus with no cure. Some trees wall it off and live for years; others decline over two or three seasons. Watering and feeding buys more time than any product does.
Timing in Hendricks County
No treatment window. The decision is care versus removal.
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