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What's killing these oak trees in the Midwest? Conservationists believe drifting herbicides are to blame
The symptoms were strange. They were the same across multiple oak species—white, swamp white, black, red, post, shingle, ...
Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...
Jun. 21—ATHENS — "What's wrong with the leaves on my oak tree? Is my tree dying?" Over the past several weeks, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension offices across north Georgia have been ...
Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.
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Bring life to your waterlogged yard by planting a beautiful oak tree variety
A drenched yard doesn't have to mean defeat. One oak species thrives in soggy soil, turning rain-soaked land into a lush ...
Many coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees are showing unusual browning in their canopies in the last month or two. If you look carefully, you may see small, crescent-shaped galls forming on the ...
For those of you who aren’t aware that live oak trees drop their leaves every year despite the fact that we describe them as evergreen, look at the ground now. If you have live oak trees, they have ...
Purdue Landscape Report: Each spring the PPDL receives several samples of oak trees showing curled, twisted, stunted and/or generally ratty looking leaves. When there are holes in the leaves or leaf ...
The leaves are down, winter is upon us, and that means it’s prime time for pruning oak trees, which can be infected by the oak wilt fungus if they’re pruned during the high-risk period mid-March ...
Q: I have a live oak tree in my front yard that is surrounded by Asian jasmine. The past two years, the oak has lost all its leaves in the jasmine. Do I have to remove the tree? The leaves and acorns ...
New research shows mistletoe in Oregon cities grows mainly on oaks and causes little harm, while offering food and shelter ...
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