Final Objectives Learner Identify an ash tree. Recognize and properly identify the damage of an emerald ash borer. Manage treatment options for your tree. Know who to contact. Instructor Be able to make an interactive PowerPoint by including: Text, audio, video, multimedia Activities Informational content

What’s Invading my Tree? Lyndsay Ploehn Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator Purdue Extension

Instructions Click on the green “home” button to return to the home page Use the arrow buttons to advance to the next slide or return to the previous slide

Intended Audience Adults interested in learning more about the emerald ash borer Homeowners Gardeners

Learning Objectives Identify an ash tree. Recognize and properly identify the damage of an emerald ash borer. Manage treatment options for your tree. Know who to contact.

Identify Ash Trees Identify Emerald Ash Borer Treatment Options Home Page After completion of all modules click here Resources

Agrilus planipennis ‘Fairmaire’ Emerald Ash Borer

The emerald ash borer is native to eastern Russia, northern China, Japan and Korea.

Sometime in the 1990s, the emerald ash borer entered North America at a Michigan port, most likely in _________________. (Please click on the correct icon) Ash wood shipping crate

The emerald ash borer can now be found in over 20 states in the USA and in eastern Canada.

Circle the emerald ash borer using the pen tool. Click here for pen tool. Deselect to go back to cursor.

Circle the emerald ash borer using the pen tool. ANSWER

How to identify an ash tree?

Use the pen to circle the ash leaf. Click here for pen tool. Deselect to go back to cursor.

Use the pen to circle the ash leaf. ANSWER

Identifying emerald ash borer damage

Name at least two signs and/or symptoms of emerald ash borer damage.

Canopy die back Epicormic shoots from trunk or branches Woodpecker damage Evidence of larvael channeling underneath the bark layer “D”-shaped holes in the exterior of the bark ANSWER

Is there a treatment for emerald ash borer?

Name at least one product homeowners can purchase to treat their tree if less than 15” in diameter.

Bayer Tree and Shrub—active ingredient: Imidacloprid ANSWER

If your tree is larger than 15” in diameter and is eligible for treatment, contact a Certified Arborist. If your tree is not eligible for treatment and needs to be removed, contact a Certified Arborist. CLICK TO CONTACT A CERTIFIED ARBORIST CLICK TO CONTACT A CERTIFIED ARBORIST

After completing this interactive information guide, do you feel more confident in understanding and identifying emerald ash borer? YESNO

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