Not every pine that has dead needles is infected with diplodia tip blight. “It’s normal for pine trees and other evergreens to lose some of their oldest needles every fall,” Yiesla said.

Pine trees make needle drop easy to notice because they often have an open branching ... dead growth only at the tips of pine branches, ... Austrian pine and Scots pine are especially susceptible.

Dead pine trees, weakened by last summer's drought and hungry beetles, are a major public safety concern for Louisiana residents, with fears that fragile tree limbs may come crashing down ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Dead pine trees, weakened by last summer's drought and hungry beetles, are a major public safety concern for Louisiana residents, with fears that fragile tree limbs may ...

Dead pine trees, weakened by last summer's drought and hungry beetles, are a major public safety concern for Louisiana residents, with fears that fragile tree limbs may come crashing down ...