Likely originating in Asia, Dutch elm disease was first observed in the U.S. in the 1930s. Since then the disease has killed billions of elms around the United States and abroad, Held said. Spread by ...

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The fungus invades the bark of chestnut trees ... Dutch Elm Disease (DED) is a fungal disease that has wreaked havoc on elm trees worldwide. It is caused by two closely related species of fungi ...

The Slippery Elm tree, indigenous to North America, is highly regarded for its health-enhancing properties. Its inner bark, passed down ... and inflammatory bowel disease. Slippery elm can also ...

All council-owned trees in the Waipā district have been vaccinated against Dutch elm disease. Photo / Waipā District Council Dutch elm disease is spread by elm bark beetles, which carry the ...

The most serious threat comes from DED, a fatal fungal disease that infects only elm trees. DED moves rapidly from infected to weakened trees on the bodies of European, banded or native elm bark ...

Those marks are codes used by forestry workers and contractors to pass along a range of messages, from which trees to chop down to which ones need treatment for disease. All cities have codes for ...

It also has a special weapon, a needled beak that enables it to probe deep into crevices for larvae and eggs of insects ...

Honey fungus is the most serious fungal disease ... the bark, bootlace-like threads in the soil, plant dieback and, in autumn, the honey-coloured toadstools. Sheets of white or creamy-white paper-like ...

Past invaders have already decimated native species like the American chestnut, hemlock and American ... North American trees and forests from invasive insects and diseases that can travel with ...

Even seasoned wood can harbor pests, which often hide in layers beneath the bark, where they ... protect North American trees and forests from invasive insects and diseases that can travel ...