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Bay Area county officials report invasive, oak-threatening beetles
The discovery of Mediterranean oak borers in Novato has prompted an alert by the county agriculture department.
How to save stressed trees and shrubs including oaks, ligustrums, hollies and gardenias
Q: This oak was planted a few years ago. Initially it was diagnosed with sun scald. Despite measures to try to help it, it just seems to be going downhill. When it budded out this spring there was new ...
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Marin officials report invasive, oak-threatening beetles
The discovery of Mediterranean oak borers in Novato has prompted an alert by the county agriculture department.
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Above the Tropical Forest Canopy, Sensors Capture the Fluxes of Gases Between the Trees and the Atmosphere
The air moving above the forest carries valuable information about how trees absorb carbon, and what may happen in the future ...
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Urban Trees Are Sinks for Soot: Elemental Carbon Accumulation by Two Widespread Oak Species
9b02844. Additional details provided on focal tree species, foliar sampling, foliar extraction and elemental carbon analysis, calculations, and scanning electron microscope observations (PDF) ...
Why the sap of a mango tree can also irritate your skin like poison ivy
Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that ...