It is best to call an arborist to determine if the tree is stressed from environmental factors, such as drought and heat, or if it’s oak wilt. As for treating it, Jones said it’s always safest ...

As the bugs invade the tree, the oaks start to show symptoms too. The crown of the tree thins, leaving behind dead branches, woodpeckers start to search for larvae in the bark, and there's bark ...

Gardening How pruning an oak tree at the right time can head off a deadly new disease Published: Nov. 14, 2024, 6:00 a.m.

In 2018, one of the bugs was found in a trap in Multnomah County with more beetles turning up in traps in Marion County in 2020 and in Clackamas and Washington counties in the following years.

This tree has lived for 13,000 years. California’s housing crisis could doom it. The Jurupa Oak is older than almost any other plant on Earth. Soon it may face off with a business and housing ...

News Historic oak, estimated at least 400 years old, topples with storms Located in Plano’s Bob Woodruff Park, the tree was known as a treasure to the community.