Large-diameter cuts in a royal poinciana will never fully heal. Instead, they will remain a long-term entry point for fungus, ...

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The state's largest sycamore tree in Geode State Park has a hollow trunk that caught fire in February 2024. (Ulf Konig/Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Buy Photo ...

The Northampton Street white oak, which was previously declared the winner in 2006. Photograph by Evy Mages . Drader is working off of a list of potential contenders, so we quickly head to the next ...

The Armillaria fungus affects many hardwoods and conifers, especially maples, oaks, and elms. Black, stringy rhizomorphs grow through the soil into the roots and trunk of the tree and attack the wood.

Although they begin as miniature tree-form lilacs, they can become quite large, as you’ve found, with the top part of the “lollypop” becoming 6 feet or more in diameter.

Interestingly, this widespread fungus can live on/in healthy trees for a long time without causing damage, but when a tree becomes stressed, the organism can turn pathogenic.

DEAR JESSICA: A tree in my yard was cut down about four years ago, but because there is a big piece of metal in the stump, it could not be ground. Last year, it started getting scale-like stuff on ...

The tree, which had been pollarded in the past, had reached 'an exceptional size' - around 36 metres (118 feet) high, its canopy had a diameter of around 32 metres (105 feet).

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The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a tree that shall for evermore be immortalized as a true forest giant of the eastern USA, often up to 100' tall, and frequently with a trunk diameter of ...