Ash trees, Fuinseog or Fraxinus excelsior
Ash trees can live for up to 400 years but in recent times with the arrival of an asian fungal infection, the trees have been suffering from a disease called ash dieback.
Ash dieback will ultimately lead to the death of affected trees and most, but not all, will become diseased. Ireland's agriculture and food development authority, Teagasc, is working on the development of ash tree gene banks as some individual trees appear to be naturally resistant to ash dieback.
More to come here on Panoramic Ireland this week on one of the landscape photographer's favourite subjects - trees.
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