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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 …

  • Invasives in Your Woodland: English Ivy

    … English ivy foliage climbing pine tree in September. Photo by Chuck Bargeron, University of … into salt marshes and field edges. The vines climb up tree trunks to envelop branches and twigs, blocking sunlight … sprout in a new environment. To remove English ivy from a tree, remove the leaves and the smaller vines to expose the …

  • Porcelainberry

    … Porcelainberry blooms in mid- to late summer, and fruits (berries) ripen in autumn. Birds and other small … wild grape species in Maryland are native. The flowers and fruits of these two genera are easier to distinguish from one … climbing stems can easily reach 20 feet if scaling a tree Blooms: upright, flat-topped, branched clusters of pale …

  • Japanese Maple Scale in Home Landscapes

    … ), tulip poplar ( Liriodendron ), magnolia ( Magnolia ), willow ( Salix ), and linden ( Tilia ) Smaller-statured …

  • 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

    … by guest authors from around the world.   Fruit Matters Tree Fruit News Washington State University … more about all aspects of wine.   International Fruit Tree Association     Maryland Apple Promotion Board    … Cornell Cooperative Extension   Genetic Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables Laboratory   U.S Department of …

  • 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

    … many fruit crops including grapes, apples, and stone fruits; it has the potential for great impact on these crops, as well as ornamentals and hedgerow plants.   The Tree of Heaven (TOH—an invasive tree),  Ailanthus altissima , is preferred by adults, but the …

  • Invasives in Your Woodland: Winter Creeper (Updated 2025)