White spots on your crepe myrtle tree may just look like light mold or lichen, but it may be a sign of a bigger issue that sinister and damaging.

Keep your maples healthy & hearty by learning to recognize common maple tree diseases & knowing how to prevent or treat them ...

What can I do to keep squirrels from chewing bark off the trunks of my oak and maple trees? Squirrels can cause damage, from nipping off the tips of limbs to stripping the bark off trees.

In addition to leaves and flowers, you can look at a tree's bark to identify it. Discover which tree bark characteristics are worth a second look.

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 trunk but the other tree doesn't have this irregularity.

If wilt is present, the vascular tissues will be streaked or discoloured an olive-green tone in maples, and from tan, brown, green and even black in other species of trees. In most cases those white ...

First, some maple trees do shed plates of bark, and sometimes these can be in rings around the tree. However, the tree is already putting on a new tough layer underneath that will now be the new bark.

Q: Over the last couple of years, our Norway and Sunset maples have developed long, vertical splits in the bark. These splits can be as much as four feet long. This spring, some of them have been ...

Q: I have a 'Red Sunset' maple tree that has what looks to be split bark on the south side of the trunk. It is a relatively young tree, and I do not want to lose it.

Q: I have a maple tree at my summer home that has a large area of bark missing and the underlying wood is soft. The tree is alive, but I am concerned about the "open wound." This started about two ...

Northland Nature: Squirrels strip maple bark in search of sap Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among ...

Mar. 8—The winter of 2023-24 has been not quite the warmest on record for the Northland, but nearly so. While December and February were contenders for the No. 1 spot, January provided us with a ...