Could a fungus found in the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve be deadly for Torrey pine trees in La Jolla Shores’ Kellogg Park? Representatives of California State Parks have noticed that trees at ...

Forest pathologists take a much different view. ‘‘A lot of trees are going to be killed,'' said John Schwandt, national whitebark pine coordinator for the Forest Service. ‘‘A lot of the seeds that ...

CONCORD — White pine trees in New Hampshire have been dropping needles, but that is to be expected after last year’s rainy late spring and summer, according to the N.H. Forest Health Bureau. For the ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Early June, we received a white pine sample at the Purdue University Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab that showed early season needle loss lower in the tree canopy (Figure 1, 2).

In the 1970s and 1980s, pine trees growing in various forestry plantations in South Africa’s Western Cape province began to die in patches. These trees succumbed to a mysterious root disease and the ...

Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria Anyone who reads ...

Forestry experts have released an interim report that identifies a mix of factors they believe contributed to concerns regarding the health of thousands of acres of pine trees in southeastern Arkansas ...

Winter is my favorite time of year for nature walks. All is quieter and the energy more tender, allowing for a contemplative look at life and how we are intricately connected and dependent upon nature ...

Do you have a mature pine tree with bunches of brown needles? It may be suffering from a fungal disease called diplodia tip blight. “Diplodia has become more common due to environmental stress and ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - The Pine Belt did not seen the same weather extremes in 2024 that it saw in 2023, and that is good news for the region. Various types of loblolly and longleaf pine trees are ...

Trees demand our attention during this outstanding month of October. Beginning these 31 days as fully-foliated plants, they undergo quite a change when dropping all their foliage that has been on the ...

Some whitebarks have genetic resistance to blister rust. By identifying those trees and cultivating their seeds, researchers hope to grow new rust-resistant forests in the future. Whitebarks, however, ...