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  • 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 …

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    … Beginning Farmer Success is a University of Maryland Extension partnership program providing farmers with tools … with the Relevant Federal and Maryland State Standards (pdf) By William Pons, Law Fellow for the Agriculture Law … industry job postings, equipment sales, and grapes, bulk juice, and wine sales.     Plant & Pest Advisory: Fruit …

  • 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

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

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

    … azadirechtin, an organic insecticide derived from the neem tree) also has repellent and “knockdown” activity that …

  • Branching Out Winter 2021 News and Notes

  • Miscellaneous IPM Report Topics

    … resistant plants) 19Aug16 18Nov02 , 18Oct19 Defoliation (leaf drop), premature 25Jun06 (American holly) 24Sep06 , … 18Apr20 Exfoliating bark 21Jul23 Fall color 23Oct20 (and leaf blowers)   22Oct14 (white pines)  20Oct16 Fertility … ban 22Jul15 (Baltimore City) pH levels 25Mar28 (impact of pine needles) Plant dieback 18Sep07 Pollen 25Apr11 (trees) …

  • Woodland Wildlife Spotlight: Gray Fox

    … small prey such as rabbits, shrews, moles, and birds, plus fruits, nuts, and certain herbaceous plants. Both have bushy … running the length of it and a black tip. Gray fox in tree. Photo © Todd Fitzgerald, iNaturalist.org   Appearance: … when berries become a large part of its diet. Leaving a tree is the reverse order as it descends head-first.   The …

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