That means prevention is key. “If you need to have an oak pruned to remove damaged branches or improve its structure, have it ...

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.

Attached is a photo of my red oak tree. It has been yellow in color the past two years, and it is dying slowly now. I’ve ...

During the period between April 15 and July 15, beetles actively carry spores of fungus from tree to tree, meaning oak trees are at high risk for infection with oak wilt. Oak trees with wounds in ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Pin oak or Quercus palustris is named for a characteristic where small, thin, ...

The city mailed letters to residents in neighborhoods where the disease caused the removal of oak trees owned by the city. To learn more about Oak Wilt, view the Ohio State University's Oak Wilt fact ...

The last big pin oak tree in Cheapside Park came down this week, and there is a dispute about what caused its demise. Tim Queary, the city's urban forester, said the tree had heart-rot disease and ...

Researchers at the Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center identified the pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum, ...