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The Leelanau Conservancy is spearheading efforts to restore the American elm tree, once nearly extinct due to Dutch elm dis ...
RENO BOTTOMS - The elm tree that towered over Andy Meier was a survivor. At 37 inches around and about 150 years old, it had so far avoided Dutch elm disease, the fungus that wiped out many of its ...
One tree stands out from its leafy green neighbors. Some of the tree's leaves are missing. Others are brown and eaten away as a result of "skeletonization" from the larger elm leaf beetle.
When DED infects an elm, it prevents water from reaching the tree’s leaves, causing it to wilt and die. DED affects many species of elm trees, but American elms are particularly susceptible due ...
Parmenter said he isn’t sure how the elm seed bug reached La Plata County. But Siberian elm trees that produce the seeds the bug eats are a weedy species that is cut for firewood and shipped around.
Dutch elm disease is the grim reaper of United States’ elm trees. Since the 1930s, it caused wilt and death for native elm species all over the country, spreading from tree to tree through root grafts ...
In this edition of ID That Tree, we’re going to introduce you to yet another native Indiana elm found in the far southwest corner of Indiana, and that is winged elm. It’s named for its prominent corky ...
The American elm tree has all but died off in this country. In Castine, Maine, residents have found a way to keep their precious citizens thriving.
Purdue Landscape Report: We have received a few elm tree samples this year with a disease we do not often see, but which is relatively common: black spot of elm. This disease, also called elm ...