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Major Tree Diseases
Taken from the Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet Series, USDA Forest Service
Review the complete listing of this FIDL series (all clickable thumbnails from USDA Forest Service FIDL Leaflets or ForestImages.org Creative Commons)
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Start your review with the most often seen tree diseases in North America:
The Common Hardwood Diseases
The Common Conifer Diseases
The Common Non-infectious Tree Diseases
Also review "worst of the worst" tree diseases in North America:
Top 5 Conifer Killers
Top 5 Hardwood Killers
Some Specific Tree Diseases
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American Chestnut Blight
 Attacks American Chestnut.
Annosus Root Rot
 Attacks jack, loblolly, longleaf, pitch, shortleaf, white pines plus eastern red-cedar.
Anthracnose Diseases
 Attacks many eastern hardwoods.
Armillaria Root Disease
 Attacks a multitude of conifers and hardwoods.
Beech Bark Disease
 Attacks beech.
Brown-spot Needle Blight
 Attacks longleaf pine.
Cankers on Western Quaking Aspin
 Attacks Quaking Aspin.
Canker-Rot
 Attacks southern hardwoods.
Comandra Blister Rust
 Attacks pines.
Diplodia Blight
 Attacks pines.
Dogwood Anthracnose
 Attacks dogwood.
Dothistroma Needle Blight
 Attacks pines.
Dutch Elm Disease
 Attacks elm.
Eastern Dwarf Mistletoe
 Attacks black spruce.
Fusiform Rust
 Attacks southern pines.
Littleleaf Disease
 Attacks shortleaf pine.
Lucidus Root and Butt Rot
 Attacks southern Hardwoods.
Oak Wilt
 Attacks eastern oaks.
Scleroderris Canker
 Attacks red and jack pine.
Sirococcus Shoot Blight
 Attacks northern pines.
Sudden Oak Death
 Attacks western oaks.
Walnut Anthracnose
 Attacks black walnut
White Pine Blister Rust
 Attacks White Pine
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