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The documents provide evidence of climate change’s effect on hardwood trees in Ohio
The Year Of The Aphid
JUN 1, 2023
I’ve never seen honeydew raining down as it is this year in my area of southwest Ohio. The BYGL has chronicled much of this.
Well, it’s only been a week or so since my last update but I have important new information.
And just like that, it is meteorological summer and it is very dry in most of Ohio. Not the way I like to ...
We are moving right through the last part of spring and nearing the beginning of meteorological summer. Isn’t it interesting how the first day of meteorological summer roughly corresponds with the Mem...
Leaflet Drop on Ash
MAY 18, 2023
Native ash trees in southwest Ohio are showing tell-tale symptoms of Ash Anthracnose. The disease is produced by the fungus, Plagiostoma fraxini (syn. Gnomoniella fraxini). As the specific epithet i...
Leaf Drop on Sugar Maple
MAY 18, 2023
The leaf-shedding handiwork of the Maple Petiole Borer (Caulocampus acericaulis, family Tenthredinidae) is becoming evident in southwest Ohio. This non-native sawfly was introduced into the United S...
Sticky, Dripping European Beech
MAY 18, 2023
I’m a fan of beech (Fagus spp., family Fagaceae) from American beech (F. grandifolia) to European beech (F. sylvatica) to beechwood-aged potations (F. beerlignumia). Members of the genus have long b...
Sticky, Dripping Oaks and Ghost Scales
MAY 18, 2023
I recently visited a commercial landscape that had 5” – 6” DBH bur oaks (Quercus macrocarpa) with their newly expanding leaves speckled with clear, sticky honeydew. Twigs and branches had a dark, di...
ODNR recently held a workshop in Spring of 2023 on Hemlock Wooly Adelgid(HWA) and Elongate Hemlock Scale(EHL) at Penitentiary Glenn in Like County. So as a horticulturist or homeowner, what should y...
Oak Apples, Woolly Catkins, and Leaf Blisters
MAY 18, 2023
Oak Apples, Woolly Catkins, and Leaf Blisters are appearing on oaks belonging to the red oak group in Ohio. While the galls may be very apparent, they cause no appreciable harm to their oak hosts.
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