Central Indiana's heavy clay and high water table make this common, especially in newer subdivisions where topsoil was stripped. In Fishers, fishers was not one of the 23 communities in Indiana DNR's street-tree sample inventory, so no verified species breakdown exists for the city. What is documented is that the Tree Board maintains a list of desirable and undesirable species and no species off that list may be planted as a street tree without special permission — the practical picture being a 1990s-2000s nursery palette in tight uniform age classes, with ash gone since EAB was confirmed in Indiana in 2004. By the time the canopy shows it, the root system is already badly compromised.
Fishers's canopy and what's at risk
Fishers was not one of the 23 communities in Indiana DNR's street-tree sample inventory, so no verified species breakdown exists for the city. What is documented is that the Tree Board maintains a list of desirable and undesirable species and no species off that list may be planted as a street tree without special permission — the practical picture being a 1990s-2000s nursery palette in tight uniform age classes, with ash gone since EAB was confirmed in Indiana in 2004.
What to look for
General decline, thin canopy, early autumn colour, sometimes mushrooms at the base.
Whether the tree can be saved
By the time the canopy shows it, the root system is already badly compromised. This is a stability question as much as a health one — a tree with rotten roots can look fine and still come over in a storm.
Timing in Hamilton County
No cure. Improve drainage, reduce load on the tree, or remove.
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