This tree is susceptible to a number of pests and diseases, including pine wilt nematodes, sawflies, a number of moth species, and fungal diseases. Perhaps the most significant threat to Japanese ...

They can keep the ground moist as well. Pine needles can mulch the ground, making it ideal for mosquitoes. These trees can ...

A Pennsylvania state forestry expert says native pests are causing troublesome impacts to several valuable tree species.

Stemming the Southern pine beetle onslaught is one way to limit the amount of dead trees that lead to new growth and more ...

Possible causes have focused primarily on climate change induced stress on the trees, rendering them ... The mountain pine beetle is recognized as the most destructive of western forest insects, but ...

Laura Dean Bennett Staff Writer These days, when we think of pinecones we think about crafts or home décor, but they can be used for so much more. Evergreen trees provide food, shelter and nesting ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Mountain Pine Beetles damaged hundreds of thousands of acres of forest in the Black Hills over a 20 ...

where it was a serious - though introduced - defoliating pest until the 1940s. The grinchiest bug of all may be the Sirex noctillio woodwasp, which injects a venomous cocktail of toxins, as well as a ...