Trees and Shrubs

Anthracnose of Sycamore and other Shade Trees

Sycamore Anthracnose

Affected Plants: Sycamore, Maple, Ash, Elm, Oak and Walnut.

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Ants

Carpenter Ant

Affected Plants: decaying wood

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Aphids

Aphids

Affected Plants: numerous

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Cedar-Apple and Related Rusts

Cedar Apple Rusts

Affected Plants: Apple, flowering crabapple, juniper, cedar.

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Fireblight on Trees

Fireblight

Affected Plants: Apple, flowering crabapple, pear, ornamental pear, firethorn, hawthorn, cotoneaster, quince, mountain ash.

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Apple and Crabapple Powdery Mildew

Powdery mildew of crabapple

Affected Plants: Apple, flowering crabapple

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Apple Scab

apple scab

Affected Plants: Apple, flowering crabapple

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Gummosis of Trees

Carpenter Ant

Affected Plants: Cherry, peach, plum, apricot

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Arborvitae Fall Needle Drop

arborvitae-needle-drop

Affected Plants: Arborvitae

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Seiridium Canker

seiridium canker arborvitae

Affected Plants: Oriental Arborvitae

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Armyworms and Cutworms

Armyworm Moth

Affected Plants: numerous

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Ash/Lilac Borer

ash borer

Affected Plants: Lilac, ash, mountain ash, and occasionally privet

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Lilac Leaf Spot

Iris Leaf Spot

Affected Plants: Lilac

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Ash, Emerald Ash Borer

emerald ash borer

Affected Plants: Ash

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Ash Flower Gall Mite

ash flower gall mite

Affected Plants: Ash

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Ash, Mycosphaerella Leaf Spot

ash leaf spot

Affected Plants: Ash, walnut

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Ash Plant Bug

ash plant bug

Affected Plants: Ash

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Ash Rust

ash rust

Affected Plants: Ash and cordgrass

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Ash Sawfly

brownheaded ash sawfly

Affected Plants: Green Ash, other ash

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Bagworms

bagworms

Affected Plants: Junipers, arborvitae

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Bark Shedding

bark shedding

Affected Plants: Sycamore, London planetree, eastern redbud, silver maple

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Bleeding Cankers on Shade Trees

bleeding canker

Affected Plants: Pin oaks, willows, cottonwoods, and honeylocust

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Borers in Trees

borers in trees

Affected Plants: numerous trees

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Botryosphaeria Canker of Juniper

Botryosphaeria Canker of Juniper

Affected Plants: Juniper

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Botryosphaeria Canker of Oak

Botryosphaeria Canker of oak

Affected Plants: Oak

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Boxelder Bug

boxelder bug

Affected Plants: Boxelder, maple, ash

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Bronze Birch Borer

birch borer

Affected Plants: Paper birch, yellow birch, gray birch, poplar, cottonwood and willow

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Cankerworm

cankerworm

Affected Plants: Elm, hackberry, honeylocust

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Cherry Leaf Spot

cherry leaf spot

Affected Plants: Sour cherry, almond, dwarf Russian almond; bitter, black, Japanese flowering, mahalen, pin, sand, and sweet cherries; chokecherry; cherry laurel; and Canada, common, Japanese, and wild plums.

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Cottonwood Borer

cottonwood borer

Affected Plants: Cottonwood, willow, poplar

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Dodder

dodder

Affected Plants: numerous

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Diplodia Tip Blight of Pine

diplodia tip blight

Affected Plants: Austrian pine, ponderosa pine, Scots pine and mugo pine

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Dothistroma Needle Blight of Pine

dothistroma needle blight

Affected Plants: Austrian, ponderosa, and mugo pines

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Dutch Elm Disease

dutch elm disease

Affected Plants: American elm, red or slippery elm, rock elm and cedar elm

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Eastern Tent Caterpillar

eastern tent caterpillar

Affected Plants: Wild Cherry, various ornamental shrubs, shade, and forest trees.

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Elm Flea Weevil

elm flea weevil

Affected Plants: Elm

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Elm Leaf Beetle

elm leaf beetle

Affected Plants: Elms

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Elm Pocket Gall

elm pocket gall

Affected Plants: American elm

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Woolly Elm Aphid

wooly elm aphid

Affected Plants: Elm

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Environmental Stress on Trees

environmental stress on trees

Affected Plants:

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Euonymus Scale

euonymus scale

Affected Plants: Euonymus, camellia, boxwood, bittersweet, daphne, eugenia, English ivy, hibiscus, holly jasmine, privet, honeysuckle, olive, pachysandra and stone fruits

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European Pine Sawfly

european pine sawfly

Affected Plants: Primarily Scots and Mugho Pines

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Fall Webworm

fall webworm

Affected Plants: almost all fruit, shade, and ornamental trees

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Flatid Planthopper

flatid planthopper

Affected Plants: numerous

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Flooding and Plants

Flooding and plants

Affected Plants: all

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Freeze and Frost Damage in Spring

Freeze and frost damage

Affected Plants: all

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Frost Cracks on Trees

bark splitting

Affected Plants: Fruit trees, maples, lindens, willows and other thin-barked trees

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Galls of Trees

gall on leaf

Affected Plants: Oaks, trees, shrubs

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Vein Pocket Gall of Oak

vein pocket gall of oak

Affected Plants: Scrub and Pin oak

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Girdling Roots

girdling roots

Affected Plants: Maples, numerous others

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Green June Beetles

green june beetle on blackberry

Affected Plants: Apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums, prunes, apples, pears, grapes, figs, blackberries, and raspberries

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Hackberry, Island Chlorosis

island chlorosis hackberry

Affected Plants: Hackberry

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Hackberry Nipple Gall Maker

nipple gall psyllid

Affected Plants: Hackberry

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Hawthorn Rust Diseases

cedar quince rust on hawthorn twig

Affected Plants: Hawthorn

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Honeylocust, Plant Bug/Leafhopper Complex

honeylocust leafhopper

Affected Plants: Honeylocust

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Honeysuckle Aphid

honeysuckle aphid

Affected plants: Honeysuckle

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Hypoxylon Canker of Oak

hypoxylon canker of oak

Affected Plants: Oaks, maples, pecans, hickory, elms and other species

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Iron Chlorosis of Trees

iron chlorosis on trees

Affected Plants: Pin oak, silver maple, bald cypress, crabapple and sweet gum; white pine, elm, London planetree, cottonwood, walnut, sugar maple, Eastern red cedar, Bradford pear and willow

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Japanese Beetle

Japanese beetles

Affected Plants: rose, birch, linden, crabapple, grape, Virginia creeper, and buckeye

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Jumping Oak Gall

jumping oak gall

Affected Plants: White oaks

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Juniper, Cercospora Needle Blight

juniper needle blight

Affected Plants:

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Juniper, Kabatina Tip Blight

kabatina tip blight

Affected Plants: Upright and spreader juniper species

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Juniper, Phomopsis Tip Blight

Phomopsis tip blight of juniper

Affected Plants: Upright and Spreader juniper

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Juniper Root Diseases

root disease of juniper

Affected Plants: Upright and spreader juniper species

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Juniper Webworm

juniper webworm

Affected Plants: Juniper

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Kermes Oak Scale

kermes oak scale

Affected Plants: Primarily pin and bur oaks

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Lace Bug

lace bug

Affected Plants: Cotoneaster, sycamore, ash, hickory, oak, hawthorn and mulberry

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Leaf Drop in Spring

leaf drop in spring

Affected Plants:

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Leaves That Don't Drop in the Fall

no leaf drop in fall

Affected Plants: Wide Variety of Woody Plants

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Lecanium Scales

lecanium scale

Affected Plants: Numerous shade trees and woody ornamentals

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Maple Bladdergall Mite

Maple Bladder Gall Mite

Affected Plants: Maples

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Mapleworm

mapleworm

Affected Plants: Maples, boxelder, oak

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Magnolia Scale

magnolia scale

Affected Plants: Saucer and Star magnolia

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Mimosa Webworm

mimosa webworm

Affected Plants: Mimosa, honeylocust

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Minute Pirate Bug

minute pirate bug

Affected Plants: numerous

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Two-Spotted Mite

two spotted mite

Affected Plants: numerous

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Nantucket Pine Tip Moth

nantucket pine tip moth larva

Affected Plants: Ponderosa, Scotch, Austrian and Mugo pine.

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Natural Needle Drop

natural needle drop

Affected Plants: Pines, arborvitae, spruce

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Nematodes

nematodes

Affected Plants: numerous

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Oak Gall Midge

oak gall midge

Affected Plants: Pin oak

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Oak Lace Bug

oak lace bug

Affected Plants: Oak, cotoneaster, sycamore, ash, hickory, hawthorn and mulberry

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Oak, Obscure Scale

obscure scale

Affected Plants: Oaks, pecan

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Scarlet Oak Sawfly

scarlet oak sawfly

Affected Plants: Scarlet, black, pin, and white oaks

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Oak Wilt

oak wilt

Affected Plants: Red oaks, shingle oak, post oak

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Peachtree Borer

peachtree borer

Affected Plants: Peaches, plums, cherries, nectarines and apricots

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Leaf Rust

peachtree borer

Affected Plants: Pear, Hawthorn

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Pseudomonas Blight

pseudomonas blight of trees and shrubs

Affected Plants: Lilac and ornamental flowering pears

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Pine, Brown Spot

pine brown spot

Affected Plants: Scots, ponderosa

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Pine Needle Scale

pine needle scale

Affected Plants: Pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, and, occasionally, yew and cedar

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Pine Tortoise Scale

pine tortoise scale

Affected Plants: Pine trees including Scots, Austrian and red

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Pine Wilt

pine wilt

Affected Plants: Scots, Austrian, and white pine

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Russian Olive, Phomopsis Canker

phomopsis canker russian olive

Affected Plants: Russian Olive

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San Jose Scale

san jose scale

Affected Plants: Apple, peach, pear, pyracantha, quince and cotoneaster

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Scorch of Trees and Shrubs

scorch

Affected Plants: numerous

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Bacterial Wetwood and Slime Flux on Trees

bacterial wetwood

Affected Plants: Elms, cottonwood and willow

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Sooty Mold

sooty mold on leaf

Affected Plants: numerous

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Spittlebugs

spittle bug

Affected Plants: Junipers and pine

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Spruce, Needle Drop and Twig Dieback

blue spurce needle drop

Affected Plants: Blue Spruce

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Rhizosphaeria Needlecast

rhizosphaera needle cast of spruce

Affected Plants: Spruce

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Spruce Spider Mite

spruce spider mite

Affected Plants: Spruce

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Squirrel Damage

squirrel damage

Affected Plants: Trees

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Sunscald on Trees

sunscald on trees

Affected Plants: Honey locusts, fruit trees, ashes, oaks, maples, lindens and willows and other thin-barked trees

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Control Unwanted Trees

tree control

Affected Plants: Volunteer trees

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Trees, Lack of Fall Color

lack of fall color

Affected Plants: Maples, oaks and various other trees.

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Verticillium Wilt of Trees

verticillium wilt of trees

Affected Plants: Catalpa, maple, Russian olive, redbud, smoketree, golden-rain tree, cherry and other stone fruits, and barberry

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Trees, Winter Damage

winter damage

Affected Plants: Trees

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Trees with Cavities

trees with cavities

Affected Plants: Trees

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Trees with Mushroom Growth

trees with mushrooms

Affected Plants: Trees

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Tubakia Leaf Spot of Oak

tubakia leaf spot

Affected Plants: Primarily oaks but also maple, hickory, chestnut, redbud, ash, tupelo, sourwood, rose, sassafras & elm.

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Twig Girdler

twig girdler

Affected Plants: Elm, hickory, oak, linden, hackberry, apple, pecan, persimmon, poplar, sour gum, honeylocust, dogwood, and some flowering fruit trees

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Walnut Caterpillar

walnut caterpillar

Affected Plants: Primarily black walnut, pecan, and several species of hickory but may also attack birch, oak, willow, honeylocust and apple

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Walnut Wilt

walnut wilt

Affected Plants: Tomato, potato, blackberry, apple, lilac, asparagus, chrysanthemum, and peony.

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Whiteflies

Carpenter Ant

Affected Plants:

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Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

yellow-bellies sapsucker

Affected Plants: Pines, apples, maples and Bradford pear

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Yellownecked Caterpillar

yellownecked caterpillar

Affected Plants: Apple, pear, cherry, oak, hickory, beech, birch, elm, maple, pear, cherry, oak and walnut

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