Although roots that were cut or killed many ... Spanish chestnut, and post oak. Anthracnose diseases of hardwood trees are widespread throughout the eastern United States. The most common symptom ...

This oak tree has a girdling root that should be trimmed and removed as soon as possible. This is a common problem, yet many ...

Inonotus is found so frequently on oaks it has the common name oak bracket fungus, but it can cause root rot of a number of other hardwood trees (including maples, sweet gum, buckeyes, chestnut, and ...

“While red oaks play a key role in the establishment of new disease centers, all oaks can move oak wilt through root grafts, particularly live oaks.” The beetles that spread the fungus from ...

Unfortunately for the white oak, this fungus is a live-rot root-rot fungus. Meaning that while the tree is alive, the fungus is actively decaying the roots and the heartwood in the lower portion ...

Oak wilt, as it’s called, is caused by a fungus that so far has affected ... spreads most efficiently through grouped root systems, so street trees are less likely to be impacted.

"Oak wilt is spread naturally through root grafts or beetles carrying ... Oak wilt, an invasive type of fungus that can kill a red oak tree in only two to six weeks, has been found in Niagara ...

Because oak trees are native to Texas ... and below ground, as the fungus moves through interconnected root systems at a rate of 75 to 100 feet per year. To combat this disease, experts recommend ...

black oak and tan oak trees by the thousands despite the frantic attempts of foresters and scientists to stop it. The fungus is of the genus Phytophthora, the same kind of organism that caused the ...