Heat Stress in Urban Trees: A look at how trees respond to high temperatures and reflected heat, especially in the built environment Julianne Schieffer > Penn State Cooperative Extension Educator & Regional Urban Forester Long, hot summer days tax trees just as...

COMMON PERSIMMON - Clark Beavans, Trees SC Board Member & ISA Certified Arborist Persimmon is a medium to large native shade tree but is inappropriate for use as a street tree due to the potential mess of its fruit. It is found primarily in moist floodplains, but...

Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale - Ann Huyler, SCFC Pee Dee Region Urban Forestry Specialist Crape Myrtles. Crepe Myrtles. Shrub. Tree. Non-native invasive. Four-season Bomb-Proof Beauty. These topics have long garnered convictions and arguments. Now, except for one:...

As I sit here on a blustery January day, avoiding doing all of the things that REALLY should be done, I look out the window. What do I see? Spanish moss, hanging from the bald cypress tree out front…. Spanish moss, billowing in the wind …. Spanish moss … what exactly...

Choosing the Right Tree for the Right Place Basswood/American linden Latin Name:  Tilia americana Texture:  Medium course to course Common Name(s):  Basswood, American linden Growth Rate:  Moderately fast growing Zones:  3 to 8 Light:  Full sun Height & Width: ...

How would you like to be called dung-on-a-twig? There certainly are worse things in life but certainly much better things as well. Dung-on-a-twig is one of the root meanings for mistletoe, which grows on trees. This common name comes from two parts of Anglo-Saxon...

New Legislation Would Establish USDA Label for Pollinator-Safe Plants Media contact: Scott Hoffman Black, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation - (503) 449-3792, scott.black@xerces.org PORTLAND, Ore., Jun. 27, 2023 — On Friday, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff...

From Mighty Oaks, by Jeff Dexter Here in Aiken, we’re halfway through acorn season. The white oak acorns are mostly split and starting to sprout. The red oak acorns, which are later to sprout, are still good for harvesting. The differences in germination time are due...

Ohioline Ohio State University Extension Beech Bark Disease - Esther Kibbe and Enrico Bonello, Department of Plant Pathology Beech bark disease (BBD) is a devastating disease of American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrl.) caused by a combination of damage to the bark and...