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

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 ...

Joe Hulbert who has a PhD in plant diseases and is a researcher at WSU takes a sample from a Big Leaf Maple Tree that has been infected by sooty bark on Monday July 11, 2022 at Franklin Park in ...

Q: About seven years ago, we planted a maple tree. During the second spring, the bark began to split on one side. We asked the nursery where we purchased the tree if this would be a problem. We ...

Maple bark disease. Hulbert doesn’t wear a mask when examining trees and said the general public needn’t worry about walking past trees. When mature, the fungus releases clouds of airborne spores.

Question: A 15-year-old maple tree in our yard is losing large chunks of bark from the lower section, yet it’s still growing well and otherwise looks healthy. Is it normal for it to lose bark… ...

Recent sightings of invasive species and a tree disease in and near Washington have state officials asking the public to keep their eyes open and report anything that seems out of the ordinary.

The fungus spreads by spores, and it’s those spores that can enter a person’s lungs and cause an allergic reaction called Maple Bark Disease. In parts of Europe, tree fallers toppling infected ...

Sooty Bark Disease can kill native and non-native trees. ... Hulbert led a pair of journalists to a grove of red maple trees in Franklin Park. Hulbert, who has a Ph.D. in plant diseases, ...

Maple bark disease Hulbert doesn’t wear a mask when examining trees and said the general public needn’t worry about walking past trees. Researcher Joe Hulbert bags a sample of bark infected ...

The fungus spreads by spores, and it’s those spores that can enter a person’s lungs and cause an allergic reaction called Maple Bark Disease. In parts of Europe, tree fallers toppling infected ...