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Emerald Ash Borer Update
Tree Notes | July 26th 2007 by Genevieve Netz
Coping with the spread of a deadly tree pestEvery time I do a news search for "trees, there are several stories about the spread of the emerald ash borer.A sampling of recent news:Emerald ash borer continues to spread -- This column by Jim Ramsey in read more
Weeping willow, a weak-wooded tree
Tree Notes | July 23rd 2007 by Genevieve Netz
One problem after another with weeping willowsOne of the first articles I wrote for this blog was titled, "One tree not to plant!" I confessed that I had planted two weeping willow trees, even though I had read plenty of cautions about the headaches read more
Chestnuts may get another chance
Tree Notes | July 18th 2007 by Genevieve Netz
High hopes for a chestnut comebackAbout ten years ago, my daughter was doing a leaf collection. I used that as an excuse to stop and ask for a leaf from a large white oak that I particularly admired.The old fellow who answered our knock was pleased read more
Top 14 Invasive Species in Kentucky
Tree Notes | July 3rd 2007 by Genevieve Netz
Exotic plants, diseases and pests are a problem in the Commonwealth.Bush honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei)Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima)Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)Kudzu read more
Swamp White Oak: Fast-Growing and Moisture-Loving
Tree Notes | June 22nd 2007 by Genevieve Netz
Quercus bicolorLarge swamp white oak in the Clay Plain forest(a floodplain of the Hubbardton River in Vermont.)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo Swamp white oak is a native tree of many of the northeastern States, particularly the northern Ohio Ri read more
A hollow tree, broken in a thunderstorm
Tree Notes | June 21st 2007 by Genevieve Netz
An old, hollow tree meets its end.This huge old maple tree has probably been hollow for many years. Fungi gained access to the heartwood through a wound, and rot set in. Nevertheless, the tree attained an impressive girth and height.I don't know i read more
Parasitic wasps vs. emerald ash borers
Tree Notes | June 18th 2007 by Genevieve Netz
Tiny wasps may be released as a biological control for emerald ash borerU.S. Forest Service research entomologists from Michigan have completed a study of the emerald ash borer in its natural habitat in China . They discovered three tiny parasitic read more
Trees That Produce Root Suckers
Tree Notes | June 14th 2007 by Genevieve Netz
Be informed before you introduce these root-suckering trees to your landscape.If you don't want to deal with root suckers (clone trees sprouting up from the roots of a "parent" tree,) don't plant the trees listed below. Some of them produce more ro read more
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