In 2021, Around 8,000 trees were felled to combat the spread of phytophthora ramorum, which has been ripping through many of the trees in Walker Fold Wood.

The pathogen has the potential to wipe out 150 species of foliage, with the phytophthora ramorum organism able to cause extensive damage - and even kill - plants and trees.

Phytophthora ramorum can cause extensive damage and even death to more than 150 plant species, including significant mortality on larch, which are important timber trees.

Phytophthora ramorum can cause extensive damage and even death to more than 150 plant species, including significant mortality on larch, which are important timber trees.

The phytophthora ramorum organism can cause extensive damage and even death to plants, including larch trees, which are important for timber. Ivor's detective training from Canine Assisted Pest ...

Experts trained Ivor, a six-year-old cocker spaniel Labrador cross, to identify the highly destructive pathogen phytophthora ramorum. Rebecca Speare-Cole Saturday 30 November 2024 00:01 GMT ...

Blacked tips on leaves are indicative of the pathogen Phytophthora ramorum, which causes the disease sudden oak death. Matteo Garbelotto | Courtesy ...

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“Before we started our works here to build the trails, in 2013, there was a large outbreak of a disease called Phytophthora ramorum, which infected larch trees across the UK,” he explains.