Oak wilt
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Oak wilt is a fungal disease caused by the organism Bretziella fagacearum that threatens Quercus spp. The disease is limited to the eastern half of the United States, Central Texas, and Southern Ontar
Aerial photograph of an oak wilt center (St. Paul, MN)
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Quercus virginiana
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Quercus virginiana, also known as the southern live oak, is an semi-evergreen oak tree native to the Southeastern United States Coastal Plain. Though many other species are loosely called live oak, th
Oak wilt
…die, and can recover from the pathogen with damage limited to a few branches (particularly Q. alba and Q. macrocarpa). Live oaks (Q. fusiformis and Q. virginiana) display intermediate symptoms compared to red or white oaks. However, live oaks are semi-evergreen, can propagate vegetatively by root suckering, and…
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The avenue of live oaks at Boone Hall in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, planted in 1743.
A specimen at the former Protestant Children's Home in Mobile, Alabama. It has a trunk circumference of 7.0 m (23 ft), height of 19 m (63 ft) and limb spread of 43 m (141 ft).
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