What is oak wilt disease and how can it be prevented? I have several oak trees on my property and am ... and sometimes fungal mats under the bark. A definite diagnosis is best done in a lab.

The bark is dark gray and blocky, with long running ridges. Shingle oak tends to keep its lower dead limbs attached to the tree. The fruit is a small ... which can be a potential disease problem.

which is a vascular fungal disease that can kill a tree in the same year that it is infected. Oak wilt is particularly destructive, as it can spread to neighboring trees by root grafting or by sap ...

I often wonder what our parkways would look like in winter if the crape myrtles planted there possessed colorful bark.

Oak wilt is one of the most impactful tree diseases nationally, and is particularly destructive here in Central Texas, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Oak wilt involves a fungus that ...

The technology used to scan the tree has previously been used by HES to create digital images of historic buildings Dutch Elm Disease is a fungal infection spread by tiny bark beetles. It can ...

Sooty bark disease can cause trees to become brittle and put them at risk of falling down, it said. Symptoms included branch dieback, flaking layers or bark and sooty black powdery spores on trunks.