Trees and Shrubs
Anthracnose of Sycamore and other Shade Trees
Affected Plants: Sycamore, Maple, Ash, Elm, Oak and Walnut.
Ants
Affected Plants: decaying wood
Aphids
Affected Plants: numerous
Cedar-Apple and Related Rusts
Affected Plants: Apple, flowering crabapple, juniper, cedar.
Fireblight on Trees
Affected Plants: Apple, flowering crabapple, pear, ornamental pear, firethorn, hawthorn, cotoneaster, quince, mountain ash.
Apple and Crabapple Powdery Mildew
Affected Plants: Apple, flowering crabapple
Apple Scab
Affected Plants: Apple, flowering crabapple
Gummosis of Trees
Affected Plants: Cherry, peach, plum, apricot
Arborvitae Fall Needle Drop
Affected Plants: Arborvitae
Seiridium Canker
Affected Plants: Oriental Arborvitae
Armyworms and Cutworms
Affected Plants: numerous
Ash/Lilac Borer
Affected Plants: Lilac, ash, mountain ash, and occasionally privet
Lilac Leaf Spot
Affected Plants: Lilac
Ash, Emerald Ash Borer
Affected Plants: Ash
Ash Flower Gall Mite
Affected Plants: Ash
Ash, Mycosphaerella Leaf Spot
Affected Plants: Ash, walnut
Ash Plant Bug
Affected Plants: Ash
Ash Rust
Affected Plants: Ash and cordgrass
Ash Sawfly
Affected Plants: Green Ash, other ash
Bagworms
Affected Plants: Junipers, arborvitae
Bark Shedding
Affected Plants: Sycamore, London planetree, eastern redbud, silver maple
Bleeding Cankers on Shade Trees
Affected Plants: Pin oaks, willows, cottonwoods, and honeylocust
Borers in Trees
Affected Plants: numerous trees
Botryosphaeria Canker of Juniper
Affected Plants: Juniper
Botryosphaeria Canker of Oak
Affected Plants: Oak
Boxelder Bug
Affected Plants: Boxelder, maple, ash
Bronze Birch Borer
Affected Plants: Paper birch, yellow birch, gray birch, poplar, cottonwood and willow
Cankerworm
Affected Plants: Elm, hackberry, honeylocust
Cherry Leaf Spot
Affected Plants: Sour cherry, almond, dwarf Russian almond; bitter, black, Japanese flowering, mahalen, pin, sand, and sweet cherries; chokecherry; cherry laurel; and Canada, common, Japanese, and wild plums.
Cottonwood Borer
Affected Plants: Cottonwood, willow, poplar
Dodder
Affected Plants: numerous
Diplodia Tip Blight of Pine
Affected Plants: Austrian pine, ponderosa pine, Scots pine and mugo pine
Dothistroma Needle Blight of Pine
Affected Plants: Austrian, ponderosa, and mugo pines
Dutch Elm Disease
Affected Plants: American elm, red or slippery elm, rock elm and cedar elm
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Affected Plants: Wild Cherry, various ornamental shrubs, shade, and forest trees.
Elm Flea Weevil
Affected Plants: Elm
Elm Leaf Beetle
Affected Plants: Elms
Elm Pocket Gall
Affected Plants: American elm
Woolly Elm Aphid
Affected Plants: Elm
Environmental Stress on Trees
Affected Plants:
Euonymus Scale
Affected Plants: Euonymus, camellia, boxwood, bittersweet, daphne, eugenia, English ivy, hibiscus, holly jasmine, privet, honeysuckle, olive, pachysandra and stone fruits
European Pine Sawfly
Affected Plants: Primarily Scots and Mugho Pines
Fall Webworm
Affected Plants: almost all fruit, shade, and ornamental trees
Flatid Planthopper
Affected Plants: numerous
Flooding and Plants
Affected Plants: all
Freeze and Frost Damage in Spring
Affected Plants: all
Frost Cracks on Trees
Affected Plants: Fruit trees, maples, lindens, willows and other thin-barked trees
Galls of Trees
Affected Plants: Oaks, trees, shrubs
Vein Pocket Gall of Oak
Affected Plants: Scrub and Pin oak
Girdling Roots
Affected Plants: Maples, numerous others
Green June Beetles
Affected Plants: Apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums, prunes, apples, pears, grapes, figs, blackberries, and raspberries
Hackberry, Island Chlorosis
Affected Plants: Hackberry
Hackberry Nipple Gall Maker
Affected Plants: Hackberry
Hawthorn Rust Diseases
Affected Plants: Hawthorn
Honeylocust, Plant Bug/Leafhopper Complex
Affected Plants: Honeylocust
Honeysuckle Aphid
Affected plants: Honeysuckle
Hypoxylon Canker of Oak
Affected Plants: Oaks, maples, pecans, hickory, elms and other species
Iron Chlorosis of Trees
Affected Plants: Pin oak, silver maple, bald cypress, crabapple and sweet gum; white pine, elm, London planetree, cottonwood, walnut, sugar maple, Eastern red cedar, Bradford pear and willow
Japanese Beetle
Affected Plants: rose, birch, linden, crabapple, grape, Virginia creeper, and buckeye
Jumping Oak Gall
Affected Plants: White oaks
Juniper, Cercospora Needle Blight
Affected Plants:
Juniper, Kabatina Tip Blight
Affected Plants: Upright and spreader juniper species
Juniper, Phomopsis Tip Blight
Affected Plants: Upright and Spreader juniper
Juniper Root Diseases
Affected Plants: Upright and spreader juniper species
Juniper Webworm
Affected Plants: Juniper
Kermes Oak Scale
Affected Plants: Primarily pin and bur oaks
Lace Bug
Affected Plants: Cotoneaster, sycamore, ash, hickory, oak, hawthorn and mulberry
Leaf Drop in Spring
Affected Plants:
Leaves That Don't Drop in the Fall
Affected Plants: Wide Variety of Woody Plants
Lecanium Scales
Affected Plants: Numerous shade trees and woody ornamentals
Maple Bladdergall Mite
Affected Plants: Maples
Mapleworm
Affected Plants: Maples, boxelder, oak
Magnolia Scale
Affected Plants: Saucer and Star magnolia
Mimosa Webworm
Affected Plants: Mimosa, honeylocust
Minute Pirate Bug
Affected Plants: numerous
Two-Spotted Mite
Affected Plants: numerous
Nantucket Pine Tip Moth
Affected Plants: Ponderosa, Scotch, Austrian and Mugo pine.
Natural Needle Drop
Affected Plants: Pines, arborvitae, spruce
Nematodes
Affected Plants: numerous
Oak Gall Midge
Affected Plants: Pin oak
Oak Lace Bug
Affected Plants: Oak, cotoneaster, sycamore, ash, hickory, hawthorn and mulberry
Oak, Obscure Scale
Affected Plants: Oaks, pecan
Scarlet Oak Sawfly
Affected Plants: Scarlet, black, pin, and white oaks
Oak Wilt
Affected Plants: Red oaks, shingle oak, post oak
Peachtree Borer
Affected Plants: Peaches, plums, cherries, nectarines and apricots
Leaf Rust
Affected Plants: Pear, Hawthorn
Pseudomonas Blight
Affected Plants: Lilac and ornamental flowering pears
Pine, Brown Spot
Affected Plants: Scots, ponderosa
Pine Needle Scale
Affected Plants: Pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, and, occasionally, yew and cedar
Pine Tortoise Scale
Affected Plants: Pine trees including Scots, Austrian and red
Pine Wilt
Affected Plants: Scots, Austrian, and white pine
Russian Olive, Phomopsis Canker
Affected Plants: Russian Olive
San Jose Scale
Affected Plants: Apple, peach, pear, pyracantha, quince and cotoneaster
Scorch of Trees and Shrubs
Affected Plants: numerous
Bacterial Wetwood and Slime Flux on Trees
Affected Plants: Elms, cottonwood and willow
Sooty Mold
Affected Plants: numerous
Spittlebugs
Affected Plants: Junipers and pine
Spruce, Needle Drop and Twig Dieback
Affected Plants: Blue Spruce
Rhizosphaeria Needlecast
Affected Plants: Spruce
Spruce Spider Mite
Affected Plants: Spruce
Squirrel Damage
Affected Plants: Trees
Sunscald on Trees
Affected Plants: Honey locusts, fruit trees, ashes, oaks, maples, lindens and willows and other thin-barked trees
Control Unwanted Trees
Affected Plants: Volunteer trees
Trees, Lack of Fall Color
Affected Plants: Maples, oaks and various other trees.
Verticillium Wilt of Trees
Affected Plants: Catalpa, maple, Russian olive, redbud, smoketree, golden-rain tree, cherry and other stone fruits, and barberry
Trees, Winter Damage
Affected Plants: Trees
Trees with Cavities
Affected Plants: Trees
Trees with Mushroom Growth
Affected Plants: Trees
Tubakia Leaf Spot of Oak
Affected Plants: Primarily oaks but also maple, hickory, chestnut, redbud, ash, tupelo, sourwood, rose, sassafras & elm.
Twig Girdler
Affected Plants: Elm, hickory, oak, linden, hackberry, apple, pecan, persimmon, poplar, sour gum, honeylocust, dogwood, and some flowering fruit trees
Walnut Caterpillar
Affected Plants: Primarily black walnut, pecan, and several species of hickory but may also attack birch, oak, willow, honeylocust and apple
Walnut Wilt
Affected Plants: Tomato, potato, blackberry, apple, lilac, asparagus, chrysanthemum, and peony.
Whiteflies
Affected Plants:
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Affected Plants: Pines, apples, maples and Bradford pear
Yellownecked Caterpillar
Affected Plants: Apple, pear, cherry, oak, hickory, beech, birch, elm, maple, pear, cherry, oak and walnut