Christmas Tree Vendor Directory
Vendor Name, Contact Name, City, Tree Species , , Phone: County: Open Date: Mon: Tue: Wed: Thu: Fri: Sat: Sun: Rushing’s Ole Mill Farm Joel & Tammy Rushing 128 Cecil…
FAQs
…atmosphere and trap, or sequester, the carbon in the trunk, roots, branches, and leaves; a segment of the carbon cycle. One acre of managed southern pine forest can sequester one…
Ask The Arborist
…or mushrooms growing from the trunk or base of a tree, are an indication that a rotinducing pathogen has taken up residence. Some of these fungi are significantly less harmful…
Gummosis in Trees
Gummosis is a common infection found on various fruit and nut trees. In the landscape, gummosis is most often recognized as a glob of translucent, amber colored sap on the side of the stem or lower trunk of trunk of a tree.
Cavities in Trees
Cavities are created when physical wounding of the trunk occurs whether by human, weather or wildlife action. These wounds are then expanded by wood decaying fungi, bacteria or wildlife and can occur anywhere on the tree, but are most critical when they occur in the trunk or in major stems and branches.
Pine Bark Beetles
…and down the main trunk. Figure 2: Black turpentine beetle pitch tube – Photo by Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org. Figure 3: Southern pine beetle pitch tube – Photo…
Caring for Trees in Summer
…landowners. To retain moisture, GFC foresters recommend two to three inches of organic material be laid just off the tree trunk and out to the drip line – the imaginary…
PLT and Me!
…had a lot of fun. Jackson County Extension agent Jonathan Page looks on as Beta Club volunteer Grayson Henderson counts the rings on a pine tree trunk section – called…
WILDFIRE INJURY UNDER INVESTIGATION
…is in stable condition at a Chattanooga hospital, where he was transported for treatment. The cause of the wildfire is currently unknown and under investigation. Georgia Forestry Commission wildland firefighters…
Defenders of Georgia’s Healthy Forests
…world. With all this travel, plants, animals, and insects are constantly on the move from one country to another – sometimes unknowingly. When an insect or plant is taken from…
