Yellow birch. (Image Homer Edward Price [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons) Forests play a major role in drawing-down ...

One particularly devastating pathogen, wood-rotting fungi, can compromise the stability of urban trees, resulting in injuries to people and property. Researchers investigated the in vitro development ...

Londonderry, N.H. — Tree failure is a major cause of residential property damage and the leading cause of power outages nationwide. There are many ways a tree can fail. An ice storm can overload all ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Root and butt rot is one of the most common forms of tree disease affecting ...