Rainfall has been heavy this spring. As mentioned in the article white pine weevil and European pine sawfly due well with high amounts of precipitation. Photos for these insects have been posted previously. Please use the search function to find these.
Compacted soils with standing water after a heavy rainfall event. Photo provided by Brian A. Kunkel, University of Delaware Ornamentals Extension specialist.
Winter damage took its t
oll on landscape plants this winter. Damage on a black oak is on the left. Photo provided by Randy Cyr, Greentree, Bugwood.org.
Frost damage to the trunk of a pear tree. Photo provided by William Jacobi, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Brown needles on the south side of the pine tree. Photo provided by USDA Forest Service – North Central Research Station Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Tree mulched in the ‘mulch volcano’ style which is improper mulching. Photo provided by: Robert Benjamin, Bugwood.org
Tree improperly mulched. Photo provided by: Joseph LaForest, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
Damage to a tree from winter storms. Photo found at: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/ra/annualreport/fy06/images/pic07.jpg
Fall colors. Photo provided by: Paul Bolstad, University of Minnesota, Bugwood.org