EVOLUTIONARY NAIVETE (BLUE ASH)

Written By Alex Crowson
 

When the emerald ash borer came to North America, few ashes survived. But one native species, the blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata), survived. How did this lucky survivor beat the odds?

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by Mason Brock

Additional Reading:

Blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata)
The persistence of blue ash...
The phylogeny of Fraxinus
Associational protection of urban ash trees

 
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