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Collection of forest and tree health publications and fact sheets, primarily for midcontinent North America.
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Pest Alerts Hosted by the Northeastern Area  The Pest Alerts Hosted by the Northeastern Area have moved. The url is: http www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/palerts.shtm...
http://www.fs.fed.us/na/morgantown/fhp/palerts/palerts.htm

Brief account of this pest of spruce trees, its growth, and means of control.
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Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle: A Recently Introduced Tree Pest  Beetle an informational guide Introduction Description Characteristics Control Contact Links TreeHelp.com Sign up your trees to receive free customized care advice. Get your questions answered at our tree and shrub care forum! Introduction The brown spruce longhorn beetle, Tetropium fuscum...
http://www.brown-spruce-longhorn-beetle.com

The Eastern tent caterpillar affects black cherry trees and other fruit and shade trees. The forest tent caterpillar infests hardwood trees such as sugar maple and oak.
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Tent Caterpillar  Affecting black cherry and various other fruit and shade trees Forest Tent Caterpillar Affecting hardwoods such as sugar maples and oaks The TreeHelp Store Discover hard-to-find, unique care products to help you maintain the long-term health of your trees including...
http://www.tent-caterpillar.com

A short account of this caterpillar pest of maples, oaks and elms.
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Gypsy Moth Learn About These Destructive Tree Caterpillars  Moth an informational guide Introduction Damage Trees affected Identification Control Links TreeHelp.com Prevention TreeHelp Bug Band Gypsy Moth Trap Control BTK Biological Insecticide Shop for Unique and Easy-to-Use Tree Care Products at the TreeHelp Store! Introduction Gypsy moth larva USDA...
http://www.gypsy-moth.com

Information sheets on forest pests management (many in PDF format) available from the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension.
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CSFS Montrose District Forest Pest Management  Colorado employment clickable district map other districts district operations contact information partnerships where is the office? other CSFS locations landscape scale trees in the city Colorado Tree Coalition other urban forest topics education project learning tree other education topics fire...
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~montrose/pests.htm

Brief account of the introduction of this Chinese insect into North America, and with a list of the affected species.
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Asian Longhorned Beetle: Introduction  Beetle an informational guide Introduction What it looks like What it does When it is active Control Contact TreeHelp.com Links Sign up your trees to receive free customized care advice. Get your questions answered at our tree and shrub care...
http://www.asian-longhorned-beetle.com

Quality photographs of forest insects and disease organisms. Contains image search or browse by categories.
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Forestry Images: Forest Health, Natural Resources, Fire, Trees, Wildlife, Silviculture Photos  Please sign up for free membership! General Info What is Forestry Images? Contribute Cooperators Photographers Statistics Contact Us Membership Info Join Now! Sign in Membership Benefits Help Related Sites The Bugwood Network Forest Pests IPM Images Invasive and Exotic Species...
http://www.forestryimages.org/

Online textbook, news and upcoming meetings of forest pathology.
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Forest and Shade Tree Pathology Home  Contact me to add listings General Topics Fungi Wood decay and specific decays Root diseases Foliage diseases Rusts Cankers Wilts Bacterial, viral diseases Parasitic plants Abiotic diseases Declines Hazard Trees Disease ecology and management General Topics Disease, pathogen, names Silviculture...
http://www.forestpathology.org/

Provides practical information on this disease including history, hosts and symptoms, ecology, control and management, recent publications and events.
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University of California Cooperative Extension Sudden Oak Death  This site is dedicated to providing practical information on Sudden Oak Death in California. However, we are unable to regularly update these pages and encourage you to visit the California Oak Mortality Task Force website at www.suddenoakdeath.org for the most...
http://cemarin.ucdavis.edu/index2.html

USDA technical publications that address specific tree pests and diseases, including identification and control.
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autoforward  Please update your bookmark, if you do not click on the above link you will be automatically forwarded the new web address....
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fidlpage.htm

An extensive collection of images and a variety of information on the main insects and diseases of the forests of Quebec and Eastern Canada.
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Home  Helps users identify an insect or a disease by selecting the type of tree affected, conifers (trees that bear narrow, needle-like or scale-like leaves) or deciduous (trees that bear large leaves that fall in the autumn and the affected part...
http://www.cfl.scf.rncan.gc.ca/collections-cfl/home.html

Plant disease diagnostics by the University of Minnesota Extension Service. Mainly designed for plant disease problems in yards and gardens. It is based on visual observations of symptoms. It has a section on trees that might be useful in forestry.
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Plant Disease Diagnostics  Diagnostics is a web page designed to help individuals from the state of Minnesota diagnose plant disease problems in their yard and garden. Diagnoses made by Plant Disease Diagnostics are based on visual observations of symptoms expressed by the infected...
http://www.extension.umn.edu/projects/yardandgarden/diagnostics/

US national program designed to determine the status, changes, and trends in indicators of forest condition on an annual basis. Provides forest health highlights by State or Region.
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Autoforward to new address- National Forest Health Monitoring, USFS web site  Monitoring program has moved. You will be autofowarded to a new National Foresth Health Monitoring progam web site address. If you prefer, you can select this link fhm.fs.fed.us to jump to the new address. Please bookmark the new FHM address...
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/fhm/index.htm

Database containing information on exotic insects, mites and pathogens with potential to cause significant damage to North American forest resources.
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Index Page ExFor Database  Anyone is welcome to use the ExFor site, and to view the information contained within the database. To prepare or review a pest record, you must become a registered user of the system. To become a registered user, please fill...
http://spfnic.fs.fed.us/exfor/

Created by the University of California's Sudden Oak Death Research Team, this site monitors the distribution of the disease.
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Monitoring Sudden Oak Death  Copyright 2003, University of California Berkeley. Updated 5.15.2003....
http://kellylab.berkeley.edu/SODmonitoring/

Task force focusing on the pathogen causing Sudden Oak Death disease through research, management, education and public policy.
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California Oak Mortality Task Force Sudden Oak Death  The pathogen also infects the leaves and twigs of common ornamental nursery plants, such as rhododendrons and camellias, which serve as vectors for pathogen dispersal.COMTF Monthly Report: Sign up HERECurrent Report: October 2005New and Noteworthy2005 California National P. ramorum wildland...
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/comtf/

Information by host plant on diseases and damages affecting trees and perennial flowers from the University of Illinois Extension.
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Focus on Plant Diseases  En Espaol Credits Home Contact Us...
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/focus/