Some trees and shrubs have a bad reputation for being susceptible to diseases: lilacs to powdery mildew, junipers to juniper ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Forester Andy Meier inspects an elm tree on the Mississippi River for possible signs of Dutch elm disease, which has wiped out many of the elms in the river's floodplain ...

Bark beetles moving between trees routinely carry two fungi that are responsible for the Dutch elm tree disease outbreak.

Robin Adair, owner of Arbour Crest Tree Services, said the city has a lot of work to get ahead of dutch elm disease. He said ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dutch elm disease has been reported back in Denver after more than a decade of its absence. The Denver forestry office discovered the disease last month in ...

It's been more than three decades since Dutch elm disease was first spotted in Grand Forks. That first victim was a small tree that grew where the Grand Forks water treatment plant now stands. Since ...

The 36 trees planted last week at Boutwells Landing senior living community in Oak Park Heights have a big job: To help revitalize the state’s elm population. The American elm trees, each about 2 ...

In early July, Denver’s forestry team discovered that Dutch elm disease – a fungal tree killer that targets American elms – was back after a twelve-year absence from the city. While the team is hoping ...

Prospect Park Alliance arborist Malcolm Gore counted the rings on a tree stump at the top of a hill in Prospect Park. "I got to 90,” he said. Counting tree rings for age isn’t entirely accurate, Gore ...

FARGO — Fargo city forester Scott Liudahl's job sometimes involves having to cut down trees, but no matter how many times it happens, it still bothers him. "I take it very personally, especially if ...

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RENO BOTTOMS - The elm tree that towered over Andy Meier was a survivor. At 37 inches around and about 150 years old, it had so far avoided Dutch elm disease, the fungus that wiped out many of its ...