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