So there is a Pine Tree blight...

Lakesrider · 06-14-2010, 09:13 PM

Read an article in the Conway Daily paper that there is actually a fungus going through the pines that is making the needles brown and fall off. But it is not supposed to be detrimental to the trees. they should bounce back according to the article.

"Forest Insect and disease leaflet Number 44 from the Us department of Agriculture forest Service.
Brown spot needle blight caused by a fungus called scirrhia acicola, that delays growth and causes mortality in long needle pines."

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fi...brown-spot.htm

Grant · 06-15-2010, 10:11 AM

Thanks for sharing that. I'd seen a post or two here about the blight, and noticed quite a few white pines with yellow & brown needles over the weekend. It's a huge relief to hear that these trees (many of them quite large & old) aren't "terminal."

06-14-2010, 09:13 PM	#1
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	So there is a Pine Tree blight... Read an article in the Conway Daily paper that there is actually a fungus going through the pines that is making the needles brown and fall off. But it is not supposed to be detrimental to the trees. they should bounce back according to the article. "Forest Insect and disease leaflet Number 44 from the Us department of Agriculture forest Service. Brown spot needle blight caused by a fungus called scirrhia acicola, that delays growth and causes mortality in long needle pines." http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fi...brown-spot.htm

06-15-2010, 10:11 AM	#2
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,510 Thanks: 387 Thanked 234 Times in 128 Posts	Thanks for sharing that. I'd seen a post or two here about the blight, and noticed quite a few white pines with yellow & brown needles over the weekend. It's a huge relief to hear that these trees (many of them quite large & old) aren't "terminal." __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."