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The elm trees on my street downtown have been infested the past couple of years with what I think are elm leaf beetles. We can see little striped worms climbing up the bark, and the leaves are chewed ...
The disease has decimated American elm trees in other parts of Saskatchewan since it arrived in the 1980s. Saskatoon was free of it until this point. It's caused by a fungus that clogs the water ...
A reader of ERR's Novaator science portal noticed diseased ash and elm trees in their home yard and asked what was causing it ...
In this Dec. 14, 2009, file photo, Frank Knight, 101, of Yarmouth, stands in front of an elm tree known as "Herbie" in Yarmouth. Knight took care of the tree for about 50 years while working as the ...
Prospect Park Alliance arborist Malcolm Gore counted the rings on a tree stump at the top of a hill in Prospect Park. "I got to 90,” he said. Counting tree rings for age isn’t entirely accurate, Gore ...
Barren, dead American elm trees along Ogden River are seen from a residence about three miles up Ogden Canyon on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. The line of trees used to have full canopies, providing ...
Elm-lined streets were once ubiquitous in America. The trees’ success throwing beautiful, shady canopies over urban environments made them one of the most popular to plant in the country. Then a ...