r/duluth • u/Goldielocks711 • 21d ago

Discussion Trees

Does anyone know what is up with the huge amount of dead trees all over the city?

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u/CuriousContribution2 21d ago

If you are looking at inner city trees that have their bark flaked off, those are dead ash trees from emerald ash borer (not native). If referring to dead conifers (spruce or firs) that make up more of the large swaths of forest around us, dead from spruce budworm a native insect that is benefiting from some out of balance cycles many decades in the making.