In the wake of last month’s wind and rain storms, many trees throughout the San Fernando Valley have lost branches, split apart, or been uprooted altogether. I recently witnessed the remnants of ...

If a shade tree was planted in the past few years, here are things to monitor to avoid major problems down the road.

Today it’s all about heart disease — heart disease in trees that is. Obviously, trees do not have hearts. Trees consist of a beautifully engineered material called wood, designed to ...

Some trees, when infected by microorganisms, may be emitting significant amounts of the greenhouse gas methane, according to a recent Yale study. This study, ... University, and the State University ...

In addition to identifying, mapping, measuring and monitoring trees in the CTFS-ForestGEO study plots, researchers describe the relatedness of trees, track flower and seed production, collect ...

Living trees can rot from the inside out, leaving only a hollowed trunk. Wood rot in living trees can cause overestimates of global carbon pools, timber loss in forestry, and poor tree health.

A Fungus growing on a living tree is a symptom of heart rot. Trees are infected through wounds from lawn mowers, weed-whacker whips, deer rubbing, rodent chewing, frost cracks, broken branches and ...

The tree that crushed a woman’s car in Charlotte on Thursday had heart rot, or internal decay, the city arborist says. High winds contributed to the incident, city arborist Don McSween said Friday.

Pheasant’s Backs are one of Ohio’s most common polypore mushrooms and are most often found growing on widespread soft maple species.

A state Department of Natural Resources forest pathologist did tree assessments and found heart rot in the stems of the old-growth trees. Many of the other trees are also likely infected with the ...

Have a trained, certified arborist examine the tree to see how far the wood rot has gone and recommend a course of action. To find a certified arborist, go to illinoisarborist.org or treesaregood.org.

Prevention of structural and other issues is key early in a tree’s life. If not prevented, an issue can turn into an ...