National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative

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The Plant Materials Center (PMC) in Michigan has launched a campaign to collect ash tree seed for genetic preservation. This in response to the emerald ash borer which originated in Michigan and has destroyed countless trees, and is coming your way. The PMC has been collecting seed which is being stored at an Agricultural Resource Service (ARS) facility in Colorado. They'd like to collect seed from all over the country of native ash species especially from states that already have the borer or are located nearby. This is in case all of those trees are lost and their genetic diversity along with them.

Click here (www.ashseed.org) for for the Plant Materials Program and Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative website where more information can be found about the program and tree identification.

Click here for a simple tree identification flyer.

Click here for a poster that can be displayed and/or distrubted to promote the program.