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Sweetshrub Is So Sweet
JUN 15, 2023
This eye catching summer blooming shrub is an attention grabber.
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Amy Stone
Is Emerald Ash Borer on the Rebound in Ohio?
JUN 15, 2023
The lead image for this Alert of an Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) (Agrilus planipennis, family Buprestidae) adult was taken on June 1, 2023, in Butler County, OH. According to our Ohio State Phenology Cal...
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...