White Oaks Turning Brown
Many white oaks across southern and eastern Missouri are turning brown due primarily to the jumping oak gall, and possibly also due to some effects of fungal diseases. MDC offices are being flooded with calls from concerned landowners. Attached is a Forest Health Alert sheet that provides some answers. The [...]
Jumping Oak Gall
FOREST HEALTH ALERT White Oaks Turning Brown in Late Spring Problem: Leaves on entire crowns of white oak trees turn brown in late Spring. In some cases, whole hillsides appear brown. Individual leaves turn brown starting at the margins, and sometimes curl up and turn black.
Thousand Cankers Disease
Missouri Thousand Cankers Disease State Exterior Quarantine (Please be aware that there is a threat to walnut trees. Please call your local tree professional or the Missouri Dept. of Conservation if you see any unusual decline in your walnut trees so that they can be evaluated.)
Sassafras
Editor’s Note: This article, which appeared in the May/June 2008 issue of Sawmill & Woodlot Magazine, is part of S&W Publishing LLC’s “Tree Species” series and is not intended for reprint or republication. It is posted here with permission from Sawmill & Woodlot Magazine. To access copies of Sawmill & [...]
Eastern Red Cedar
Editor’s Note: This article, which appeared in the July 2008 issue of Sawmill & Woodlot Magazine, is part of S&W Publishing LLC’s “Tree Species” series and is not intended for reprint or republication. It is posted here with permission from Sawmill & Woodlot Magazine. To access copies of Sawmill & [...]