Every day's a school day with John....without the homework!

i was hoping for an Elm episode for quite some time! it was my understanding that the Elm with the Oak and Ash tree is one of the "main" canopy trees in Native Irish woodand? Great to see a few full grown specimens of Wych elm, these are rare gems indeed. In Holland Wych elm is rarer still and to be found only in a few ravine/ calcareous forests for the same reason as Mr Feehan explained. By the way the reason that it is called "Dutch" elm disease has nothing to do with ill intent on our part but is because of the great work of scientists Bea Schwarz and Christine Buisman who both worked on the disease and identified the pathogen!😉🙏

@christiaan83

2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly Peter, the biggest specimen we know is in a ravine here in the Slieve Blooms mountains here, the trunk measures well over half a meter. Thanks for your interesting observations. P.p. John Feehan

@irishfruitandberries9059

3 ай бұрын

There are also a few lonely specimens dotted around the country. I found a lovely mature tree behind a block of apartments in monkstown, Dublin

Sad to see the demise of the majestic Elm. With the Ash under attack from ash dieback disease, we hope they will recover and that the sycamore, horse Chestnut and others do not succumb to any ailments...lovely video as always.

@lewis1544

2 жыл бұрын

I spoke to an arborist doing some forestry work here in Cumbria before Covid. He told me he had just dealt with the first Ash he had seen with die back. Within a year all the Ash in my area had it.

@christiaan83

2 жыл бұрын

@@lewis1544 Ash dieback is spreading even more rapidly than Dutch Elm did in the 60s and recovery is likely to be just as slow. p.p. John Feehan

@calvinabbott6920

6 ай бұрын

During the cold war the Canadian Ministry of Defense produced binary weapons(Insect/Fungi) for every tree and shrub in the northern hemisphere, the Elite Pedos have released these to the world and are blaming mankind for causing these diseases for living.

Excellent as always, but I have a question...Is Ailm not the Gaelic word for Scots Pine?

@christiaan83

2 жыл бұрын

Good question Julie! Scholars debate this but I'm following Dinneen's interpretation. Giuis is the more common word for Pine in Irish. p.p. John Feehan