Turfgrass & Ornamentals

Algae and Moss

Algae and moss on turf

Affected plants: Lawn and turf

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Anthracnose of Turf

anthracnose on turf

Affected plants: Creeping bentgrass, annual bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass, and tall fescue

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Armyworms and Cutworms

cutworm moth

Affected plants: All

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Fall Armyworms

armyworm on leaf

Affected plants: All

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Asian Jumping Worms

asian jumping worm

Affected plants: Lawn, turf, soil

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Aster Yellows

aster yellow

Affected plants: All

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Bermudagrass Spring Dead Spot

dead spot on bermuda grass

Affected plants: Bermudagrass

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Bluegrass and Zoysia Billbugs

billbugs

Affected plants: Primarily Zoysiagrass and Kentucky Bluegrass

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Brown Patch of Turf

brown patch on turf

Affected plants: many turfgrasses but most severe on tall fescue, perennial ryegrass and creeping bentgrass

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Budworms

budworms

Affected plants: Petunia, Geranium, Roses, Tobacco

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Burning Bush Spider Mites

burning bush mites

Affected plants: Burning bush

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Chiggers

chigger

Affected plants: all

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Chinch Bug

cinch bugs

Affected plants: Primarily zoysiagrass but may infest buffalograss, bermudagrass, and bluegrass.

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Clover

white clover

Affected plants: White clover, lawn, turf, weeds

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Crabgrass

crabgrass in sidewalk

Affected plants: Crabgrass, lawn, turf, weeds

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Dandelion

dandelion

Affected plants: Lawn, turf, weeds

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Dodder

dodder

Affected plants: All

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Dollar Spot on Turf

dollar spot on turf

Affected plants: All common turfgrass, lawn

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Earthworms in the Lawn

earthworms

Affected plants: Turf, lawn, soil

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Flooding and Plants

flooding in turf

Affected plants: All

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Freeze and Frost Damage in Spring

freeze damage

Affected plants: All

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Grasshoppers

grasshopper

Affected plants: All

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Grassy Sandbur/Stickers

grassy sandbur

Affected plants: Lawn, turf

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Gray Leaf Spot on Perennial Ryegrass

gray leaf spot on turf

Affected plants: Perennial Ryegrass

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Grubs, White

white grubs

Affected plants: Bentgrass, Kentucky bluegrass, and the fine fescues.

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Henbit and Chickweed

Henbit

Affected Plants: any, considered weed

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Herbicide Damage to Trees, Shrubs, Turf and Garden Plants

herbicide damage

Affected plants: Trees, shrubs, turf and garden plants

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Hollyhock Rust

holyhock rust

Affected plants: Hollyhock, Rose Mallow, Rose-of-Sharon

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Hollyhock Weevil

hollyhock weevil

Affected plants: Hollyhock

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Honeysuckle Aphid

honeysuckle aphid

Affected plants: Honeysuckle

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Impatiens Downy Mildew

Impatiens downy mildew

Affected Plants: Various Impatiens

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Iris Bacterial Soft Rot

iris bacterial soft rot

Affected plants: Iris

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Iris Borer

iris borer

Affected plants: Iris

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Iris Leaf Spot

iris leaf spot

Affected plants: Iris

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Iris Weed Control

iris weed control

Affected plants: Iris

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Japanese Beetle

Japanese beetle

Affected plants: Rose, birch, linden, crabapple, grape, Virginia creeper, and buckeye

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Leaf Spot and Melting-out

cool-season melting-out

Affected plants: Primarily Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue

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Powdery Mildew on Turf

powdery mildew on turf

Affected plants: Kentucky bluegrass (most susceptible), bermudagrass, red fescue, others

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Rust on Turfgrass

rust on turf

Affected plants: All common turfgrasses

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Sod Webworm

sod webworm

Affected plants: Kentucky bluegrass, buffalograss, bermudagrass and bentgrass

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Stripe Smut of Turf

stripe smut on turf

Affected plants: Kentucky bluegrass and creeping bentgrass

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Summer Patch of Turf

Algae and summer patch on turf

Affected plants: Kentucky bluegrass and annual bluegrass

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Lilac Borer

lilac borer

Affected plants: Lilac, ash, mountain ash, and occasionally privet

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Lilac Leaf Spot

lilac leaf spot

Affected plants: list here

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Lilac, Powdery Mildew

powdery mildew of lilac

Affected plants: Lilac

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Lilac, Pseudomonas Blight

pseudomonas blight

Affected plants: Lilac and ornamental flowering pears

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Little Barley

little barley

Affected plants: Lawn, turf, weeds

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Winter Grain Mite

winter grain mite

Affected plants: Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, tall fescue and Chewings red fescue

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Two-Spotted Mite

Two spotted mite

Affected Plants: numerous

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Zoysiagrass and Bermudagrass Mite

zoysiagrass and bermuda grass mites

Affected plants: Zoysiagrass and Bermudagrass

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Moles

moles

Affected plants: Lawn, turf, soil

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Mushrooms in a Lawn

mushrooms in turf

Affected plants: Turgrass, lawn

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Yellow Nutsedge

yellow nutsedge

Affected plants: Lawn, turf, weeds

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Orchard Grass

orchard grass

Affected plants: Lawn, turf, weeds

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Oxalis (Yellow Woodsorrel)

Oxalis

Main impact: perennial weed in lawn

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Peony Measles

peopny measles

Affected plants: Peony

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Roly-Polys, Pillbugs, & Sowbugs

pill bugs

Affected plants: All, soil

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Powdery Mildew of Peony

powdery mildew of peony

Affected plants: Peony

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Rose Blackspot

rose blackspot

Affected plants: Rose

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Rose Mosaic Virus

rose mosaic

Affected plants: Rose

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Rose Rosette

Rose Rosette

Affected plants: Rose

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Rose Slug

rose slug on leaf

Affected plants: Rose

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Slime Mold of Turf

slime mold of turf

Affected plants: All turfgrass

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Slugs

slug

Affected plants: All, hosta

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Sooty Mold

sooty mold

Affected plants: All

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Stalk Borer

stalk borer

Affected plants: All

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Thatch Control

thatch control

Affected plants: Kentucky Bluegrass, Bermudagrass, Zoysiagrass and Creeping Bentgrass

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Whiteflies

whiteflies

Affected plants: Ornamental and houseplants

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Wild Violet

wild violet

Affected plants: Weeds

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Yew Wet Feet

yew

Affected plants: Yew

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Zoysiagrass, Large Patch

large patch zoysiagrass

Affected plants: Zoyiagrass

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