A recent article in the Guardian warns of a very real threat to Britains ash trees after a fungus has killed the majority of ash trees in Denmark, and has destroyed a significant number ash in Germany, Poland, Norway, Sweden and Austria as well.Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus, an anamorph of Chalara fraxinea or more commonly known ash die-back.The Danes have been urging Britain to ban imports of ash saplings to keep our forests quarantined from this threat, and last week the UK government launched a consultation that may lead to a ban on imports by November, lets hope this action is not too late.For more detail see the Guardian link above.