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Climate change may be putting millions more people at risk from an infection-causing fungi, which is likely spreading due to ...
Beech trees often come in clusters, as the matriarch sprouts dense groves, producing nuts that are a nutritious staple of ...
But ecology specialists at Arbtech.co.uk have issued a different warning to gardeners – the oak processionary moth (OPM) ...
While they may look harmless, the caterpillar's hairs carry a potent toxin which can trigger severe skin rashes, eye and ...
OPM caterpillars are active from late March to early August, but their activity peaks in summer months as they form nests and trails on oak trees, especially in parks and woodland. Dogs are at risk if ...
Before the drought, Game and Parks staff had already been monitoring and, where possible, treating bur oaks for bur oak blight. While this disease is unlikely to kill a tree, it weakens it, allowing ...
Trees offer mental health benefits. In cities, this may depend on the trees being healthy. Charleston's public trees are in good shape despite challenges.
You won't have to wait long to attract a range of pollinators to your yard with any of these rapidly-growing trees. They'll reach new heights in no time.
A once towering Northern Catalpa tree that stood along a rural highway in Menard County was toppled by a recent storm.
This week on Backyard Farmer we’ll try to diagnose an oak disease and get your landscape plants well watered for the fall. The panelist answers viewers' questions about insects and pests ...
Oak wilt, Ceratocystis fagacearum, is a disease that affects oaks, especially red oaks, white oaks, and live oaks. It is one of the most serious tree diseases in the eastern United States ...
DEAR NEIL: What is wrong with my live oak? I hope it’s not ... in the Texas A&M Plant Disease Clinic. There is definitely something wrong with this tree, almost assuredly within the wood of ...