Figure 2 – Smooth patch fungus, Aleurodiscus oaksii, fruiting body on white oak bark. This isn’t the same species of ... Figure 5 and 6 – Yellow-bellied sapsucker feeding activity on sugar maple trees ...

Trees alone boast a wide spectrum of shades, from pink cherry blossoms to deep green pines to yellow maple leaves. However, some trees have white ... bark opens up the tree to disease, fungus ...

Q: My large old maple tree has black bark on much of the trunk ... holes made by sapsuckers and other woodpeckers. There is a fungus that feeds on the oozed sap, turning it black.

But a few species, like the American beech and the red maple, keep their smooth, unbroken bark ... the white oak has ridges that are broken horizontally. Instead of ridges, some trees have breaks ...

The emergence this spring of a powdery, white film covering the leaves of bigleaf maple trees ... species of fungus, outside of a topical application of fungicide on a particular tree, he noted. " ...

Two years ago we planted two types of red maple, and they had done well. Now, on one tree, the bark is falling off the ... of flowers — blue, purple, white and yellow are particularly attractive ...

Eventually, the entire tree succumbs. The fungus spreads by spores, and it’s those spores that can enter a person’s lungs and cause an allergic reaction called Maple Bark Disease. In parts of ...

City workers in white protective suits and masks carefully carved up a sycamore maple tree in James ... The 40-year-old tree on South Turner Street was infected with sooty bark disease, an aggressive ...