When Lightning Strikes: The Hidden Damage Inside Trees
It happens in an instant, a flash, a crack of thunder, and then silence. The storm passes, and everything seems intact. But the next day, you notice bark scattered at the base of your tree, a long scar running down the trunk, or a spiral pattern of damage wrapping around it. When a thunderstorm rolls […]
Why Sassafras Is Shining This Fall: Pest Cycles, Color, and Ecology
In Chicago and the collar counties we have had deep ground frost over the past two winters due to the lack of snow cover resulting in less survival of certain pests especially jap beetle larva thus less mature jap beetles. Behind Linden, Sassafras is a favorite food source of jap beetle. This has allowed the […]