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  • Branching Out - Fall 2023

    … Stewards workshop and field trip, and about using the i-Tree app to create woodland assessments. One of our regular … "Invasives in Your Woodlands" looks at the white mulberry tree. And don't forget the events calendar and the Brain … of Delaware and Virginia. Learn more >>   Using i-Tree for Landscape Tree Assessment John Hooven, UME Forest …

  • Oriental Bittersweet

    … flowers are inconspicuous followed by green to yellow fruits that burst open to display orange-red seeds persisting …

  • Invasives in Your Woodland: English Ivy

    … in the U.S., and in some cases, it is touted as a way to purify household air and as a means of fighting mold. But … of English ivy (2016). Courtesy eddmaps.org.   How does it spread? English ivy spreads by sending out … be uprooted and gathered using a heavy-duty rake and then cut with a Swedish brush axe or other cutting tool.   For …

  • Calico Scale

    … ( Eulecanium cerasorum ) is a native type of soft scale insect and can be difficult to manage. Their waxy body … predators and certain pesticides. Learn more about scale insect groups and biology on Introduction to Scale Insects . …

  • Periodical (17-year) Brood X Cicadas

    … most of their lives as nymphs, feeding on xylem sap from tree roots.   After developing for 17 years below ground on … emergence holes about 1/2″ diameter around the base of the tree.    Nymphs are wingless, pale white to tan nymphs with a … themselves for feeding first on grass roots and then on to tree roots as they get larger. After developing for 17 years …

  • Resources

    … Aquatic Vegetation, Trees, JuShrubs and Other Flora Native Plants of Anne Arundel County This 24-page University … lawn and winning the battle against pesky weeds. S eed Saving Veggie Seed Saving  -  How to collect, process and store seeds from …

  • Japanese Maple Scale in Home Landscapes

    … and biology in Introduction to Scale Insects . This is a pest of a very broad range of trees and shrubs and can cause … A. Davidson, Ph.D.and Michael J. Raupp, Ph.D.  The  Pest Predictive Calendar , and Scale Crawler Emergence Period chart compiled …

  • Branching Out Summer 2023 News and Notes

    … “family forests”: as little as one acre with at least 10% tree coverage owned by an individual, family, or …

  • Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) I—Background

  • Round Two: Multi-Colored Asian Ladybeetle (MALB) Management For Grape Growers