From Plumbing To Pest & Diseases, This Tree Comes With Many Downsides

This shade tree makes a lovely addition to the yard. Unfortunately, it can come with a host of problems like pests, disease, ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal

Ariel Whitely-Noll: Elm trees fuse their root systems. This helps Dutch elm disease spread.

Dutch elm disease has been present in the United States since the 1920s, when it began its rapid spread across elm populations, killing most American elms. Every year the disease continues to spread ...
Grand Forks Herald

Dutch elm disease still threat to area trees

Grand Forks still loses more than 100 trees a year to Dutch elm disease, even as its threat has decreased in recent decades. Dutch elm was first found in Grand Forks in 1979 and reached its height in ...
Observer-Reporter

End of an era: Historic elm tree at Washington church comes down

An American elm tree that predates the Civil War was cut down this week. The tree has stood on the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church 1793 since the first church building was constructed in 1851 ...
Chicago Tribune

Protect oaks and elms by pruning only in winter

The weather has turned chilly and trees are losing their leaves and entering dormancy. Soon it will be winter, the safe time to prune oak and elm trees. “These trees should only be pruned during the ...