Oak wilt can quickly kill trees in the red oak family. The fungus can be carried by beetles during the spring and summer, so don’t prune trees from April 15-July 15 to protect them from disease.

Oak wilt is one of the deadliest tree diseases in the U.S., responsible for killing millions of trees across 76 counties in Texas, according to the forest service.

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.

Oak wilt is one of the deadliest tree diseases in the U.S., responsible for killing millions of trees across 76 counties in Texas, according to the forest service.

Oak wilt radiates out to other oak trees, but advances at a slower pace, but even then, can cause tree death in a single season, and often in a matter of weeks.

"Oak wilt is a fungal disease that primarily affects oak species. It's spread by very tiny sap-feeding beetles that carry spores to wounds on healthy oak trees,” Michigan DNR Forest Health ...

Oak wilt disease occurs when a fungal pathogen infects a tree, making it unable to produce water from the roots to the leaves. When fungus infects an oak tree, the infection itself is kept initially ...

The city is now inviting Tree Town residents to attend an “Oak Wilt 101″ informational webinar over Zoom to learn more at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29. Register to attend.

ANN ARBOR, MI — A systemic, lethal, oak tree disease has hit Ann Arbor’s Bird Hills Nature Area. Oak wilt, as it’s called, is caused by a fungus that so far has affected a cluster of red oak ...

There are 600 species of oak trees in the world, ten of which are native to Michigan. Red oaks are at the highest risk for oak wilt disease during the spring.