Tree Problems

Foliar Talc-like white coating spreads across leaves and new shoots; thrives in warm days with cool, humid nights

Conifer Older needles yellow, brown, and drop prematurely; canopy thins from the bottom up over several seasons.

Vascular Leaves brown from the margins inward; red oaks can collapse and die within weeks of first symptoms

Olive-green to black spots on leaves; heavy mid-summer leaf drop on crabapples.

Foliar Talc-like white coating spreads across leaves and new shoots; thrives in warm days with cool, humid nights

Conifer Older needles yellow, brown, and drop prematurely; canopy thins from the bottom up over several seasons.

Sap-sucking insect Small bumps stuck to bark or leaves; sticky residue and sooty mold.

Sucking mite Speckled, dusty foliage with fine webbing on the undersides

Wood-boring insect D-shaped exit holes, canopy thinning, and rapid decline of ash trees