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mynameisnotshamus t1_j2dfoau wrote

Which is potentially a bigger issue than even Eversource. The NorthEast is losing its hardwoods at a pretty alarming rate, much to do with invasive insects. Sounds silly but there should be a lot more funding and resources put into dealing with this.

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Few-Information7570 t1_j2du8w2 wrote

I am not an arborist by any stretch of the imagination but I’ve thought maybe things would be better if we culled a lot of the swamp maples.

On my property we have had to remove all the ash. We have several ancient sugar maples left, one oak, one ancient cherry, and one black birch. The rest are swamp maple that ‘grow as fast as they can and then decide they’d rather be shrubs and start dripping limbs’.

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mynameisnotshamus t1_j2dvpfu wrote

Norway Maples maybe? Swamp maples are native.

https://www.invasive.org/alien/pubs/midatlantic/acpl.htm

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Few-Information7570 t1_j2eawap wrote

That must be it. I definitely think we need to manage the landscape. I figure given the absense of us the woodlands would sort themselves out. Unfortunately we are here and probably have to intervene.

I started categorizing all of the flora in my area and scarily greater than 50% is simply not native at all. From the wildflowers to shrubs and trees.

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