Dr. Sydney Brannoch holds a single birch leaf showcasing the damage caused by both species of birch leafminer which are responsible for this current outbreak: amber-marked birch leafminer and late ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Willows (Salix ssp) can be identified by their long, narrow leaves, which ...

My birch tree has developed a yellowish color to the leaves. It also has been dropping a lot of brown leaves over the last couple of weeks. Are these two problems connected? What is wrong, and what ...

Q: Am I the only one whose birch tree has suffered this winter? It bloomed beautifully, but now half of it is dead and has almost no leaves. Should I call an arborist? Can this tree be saved? A: This ...

Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

Q: Can you help me figure out what’s likely going on with this river birch tree? The tree has been dropping leaves incessantly since about April/May, hundreds per day. Should this tree be dropping its ...

The pinkish-red spots on your birch’s leaves appear to be erineum patches, which are a type of gall caused by very tiny eriophyid mites feeding on the leaf tissue. You will need a microscope to see ...

Well into their senescence period, birch trees' leaves have turned yellow near the Alaska Public Media studios in Anchorage as of Oct. 1, 2021. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) It's green-and-gold ...

Brown birch trees in both Southcentral and Interior Alaska this summer aren’t signaling an early fall. Rather, they are subject to an infestation of small, leaf-munching larvae. Alaska is in the midst ...