Diseases of Trees

News:

Sugar Maple's demise in 100 years?

The Kennebec Journal has a rather bleak article on the effects of global warming and polution on sugar maples ( Acer saccharum Marsh) and the maple sugar industry in Northern New England.  Scientists predict that Northern Hardwood forests (maples, beech, birch) will be predominantly Oak and Hickory by the next century.  This report differs from US Forest Service 2003 Forest Health Highlights Vermont report PDF which attributes sugar maple decline to drought and prior infestations of the Bruce spanworm.

Visitors impact Tidal Basin Cherries

The Washington Post has an article detailing soil compaction impacts to the flowering cherry trees planted along the tidal basin and East Potomac Park.

Sub-Categories:

• Dogwood Anthracnose (Discula destructiva) [2]
• Dutch Elm Disease (Ophiostoma ulmi Buism, Ophiostoma novo-ulmi Brasier) [1]
• Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum) [2]