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Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Fact Sheets

  • "Right Plant, Right Place" - A Plant Selection Guide for Managed Landscapes

  • A Guide to Weed Life Cycles (from the Turf Program)

  • Adelgids

  • Alternative Nursery Containers

  • Andromeda Lace Bug

  • Aphids

  • Apple Scab

  • Arborvitae Leafminer

  • Arborvitae Needle Blight

  • Armillaria Root and Butt Rot

  • Ash Rust

  • Ash Yellows

  • Asian Longhorned Beetle

  • Asiatic Garden Beetle

  • Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.)

  • Bagworm

  • Balsam Twig Aphid

  • Beech Bark Disease

  • Beech Blight Aphid

  • Beech Leaf Disease

  • Beneficial Nematodes

  • Bio-Rational Pesticides

  • Biology and Management of Crabgrass

  • Birch Anthracnose

  • Birch Culture

  • Birch Leafminer

  • Black Knot of Prunus

  • Black Spot of Rose

  • Black Turpentine Beetle

  • Black Vine Weevil

  • Blue Spruce: Common Health Issues in the Landscape

  • Botryosphaeria Canker

  • Box Tree Moth

  • Box Tree Moth Monitoring & Trapping

  • Boxelder Bug

  • Boxwood Leafminer

  • Boxwood Psyllid

  • Boxwood: Common Health Issues in the Landscape

  • Broadleaf Plantain in Lawns

  • Bronze Birch Borer

  • Brown Rot of Stone Fruits

  • Brown Spot Needle Blight

  • Buckhorn Plantain in Lawns

  • Canker-Rot caused by Rigidonotus glomeratus

  • Cedar-Apple Rust

  • Cedar-Hawthorn Rust

  • Cedar-Quince Rust

  • Chilli Thrips

  • Choosing Sustainable Plants

  • Colored Bark Mulch

  • Common Blue Violet in Lawns

  • Common Chickweed in Lawns

  • Comparing Production Systems for New England Nurseries

  • Conifer Bark Beetle

  • Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid

  • Crabapples

  • Crown Gall

  • Cryptocline Needle Blight

  • Cryptomeria Scale

  • Cytospora Canker

  • Dandelions in Lawns

  • Delphinella Shoot Blight

  • Dieback of Eastern White Pine

  • Diplodia Blight of Conifers

  • Dogwood Anthracnose

  • Dogwood Borer

  • Dogwoods

  • Drought Tolerant Perennials

  • Drought Tolerant Plants for the Landscape

  • Dutch Elm Disease

  • Earthworms in Massachusetts – History, Concerns, and Benefits

  • Eastern Spruce Gall Adelgid

  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar

  • Effects of Cold on Landscape Plants

  • Efficient Outdoor Watering

  • Elm Anthracnose

  • Elm Bark Beetle

  • Elm Yellows

  • Elm Zigzag Sawfly

  • Elongate Hemlock Scale

  • Emerald Ash Borer

  • Exobasidium Gall of Rhododendron and Azalea

  • Fall Cankerworm

  • Fall Cleanup Hazards

  • Fall Maintenance Practices for Landscapes

  • Fall Webworm

  • Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs

  • Fire Blight

  • Forest Tent Caterpillar

  • Formosan Termite

  • Freeze/Frost Occurrence Tables for Connecticut

  • Freeze/Frost Occurrence Tables for Massachusetts

  • Fundamentals of an Insect and Mite IPM Program

  • Fungi in Mulches and Composts

  • Fusarium Wilt of Fragrant Sumac

  • Giant European Hornet

  • Ground Ivy in Lawns

  • Growing Degree Days for Management of Insect Pests in the Landscape

  • Growing Hydrangeas

  • Guidelines for Planting Trees and Shrubs

  • Guidelines for Planting Within the 100 Foot Buffer

  • Guignardia Leaf Blotch

  • Hawthorn Leaf Spot

  • Helping Trees to Manage Stress

  • Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

  • Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Frequently Asked Questions

  • Honeylocust Plantbug

  • House Invaders

  • In the Home: Something is Biting Me (or My Family or Pets)

  • Indoor and Outdoor Residential Water Conservation Checklist

  • Information Regarding Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

  • Insect Identification – Online Resources

  • Inspection of Storm Damaged Trees

  • Invasive Jumping Worm Frequently Asked Questions

  • Irrigation Systems and Trees

  • Japanese Beetle

  • Japanese Maple Scale

  • Jumping/Crazy/Snake Worms – Amynthas spp.

  • Juniper Culture

  • Kabatina Blight

  • Landscaping to Conserve Water

  • Larch Casebearer

  • Lilac Borer (also known as Ash Borer)

  • Lily Leaf Beetle

  • Long-term Drought Effects on Trees and Shrubs

  • Lophodermium Needle Cast

  • Magnolia Scale

  • Managing Soil Structure for Water Conservation in the Landscape

  • Maple Anthracnose

  • Measuring Soil Moisture

  • Meria Needle Cast

  • Mimosa Webworm

  • Nectria Canker

  • North American Plants for New England Gardens

  • Oak Anthracnose

  • Oak Leaf Blister

  • Ornamental Grasses for Water Conservation in the Landscape

  • Overwintering Container-Grown Ornamentals

  • Ovulinia Petal Blight

  • Peach Leaf Curl

  • Periodical Cicada

  • Perpetual Drought: The “New Normal” for Urban Trees?

  • Phomopsis Blight

  • Phomopsis Canker

  • Phyllosticta Leaf Blotch

  • Phytophthora Bleeding Canker

  • Phytophthora Dieback

  • Phytophthora ramorum

  • Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot

  • Pine Needle Scale

  • Plant Identification - Online Resources

  • Ploioderma Needle Cast

  • Poison Ivy

  • Pollinators in the Landscape I: Importance of Pollinators and Causes of Decline

  • Pollinators in the Landscape II: Plants and Pollinators

  • Pollinators in the Landscape III: Creating and Maintaining Pollinator Landscapes

  • Powdery Mildew

  • Protecting Evergreens in the Winter Q&A

  • Protecting Pollinators from Pesticide Exposure While Managing Insect Pests in Landscapes

  • Pruning Blueberries

  • Pruning Needled Evergreens

  • Pruning Neglected Apple Trees

  • Pseudocercospora leaf spot of Mountain laurel

  • Rain Gardens: A Way to Improve Water Quality

  • Red Ring Rot of Eastern White Pine caused by Porodaedalea

  • Rhabdocline Needle Cast

  • Rhizosphaera Needle Cast

  • Rhododendron Borer

  • Root and Butt Rot caused by Bondarzewia berkeleyi (Berkeley's Polypore)

  • Root and Butt Rot caused by Ganoderma sessile

  • Root and Butt Rot caused by Grifola frondosa (Hen of the Woods)

  • Root and Butt Rot caused by Kretzschmaria deusta

  • Root and Butt Rot caused by Laetiporus cincinnatus & L. sulphureus (Chicken of the Woods)

  • Root and Butt Rot caused by Niveoporofomes spraguei

  • Root and Butt Rot caused by Phaeolus schweinitzii

  • Root and Trunk Rot caused by Ganoderma applanatum (Artist's Conk)

  • Scouting for Defoliating Pests of Trees and Shrubs

  • Scouting for Piercing-Sucking Pests of Trees and Shrubs

  • Secondary Conservation List of Non-Native Species

  • Selection and Maintenance of Plant Materials for Coastal Landscapes

  • Septorioides Needle Blight

  • Sooty Mold

  • Sour Mulch

  • Southern Pine Beetle

  • Speedwells in Lawns

  • Spider Mites in the Landscape and Nursery

  • Spongy Moth

  • Spotted Lanternfly

  • Spotted Lanternfly Management

  • Spring Cankerworm

  • Spruce Needle Rust

  • Stigmina Needle Cast

  • Sycamore Anthracnose

  • Tar Spot of Maple

  • Target Canker of Hardwoods

  • The Impact of Salts on Plants and How to Reduce Plant Injury from Winter Salt Applications

  • The Role of the Irrigation Audit in Water Conservation

  • Thyronectria Canker

  • Tree and Shrub Insecticide Active Ingredients: Alternatives to Neonicotinoids

  • Tree and Shrub Insecticide Active Ingredients: Risks to Pollinators and Other Non-Target Organisms

  • Trees and Shrubs for Coastal Environments and Freshwater Resource Buffer Zones

  • Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Low Maintenance Landscapes

  • Trickle Irrigation

  • Trunk Rot caused by Cerioporus squamosus (Dryad's Saddle)

  • Trunk Rot caused by Climacodon septentrionalis

  • Tubakia Leaf Blotch

  • Tuliptree Scale

  • Venturia Leaf and Shoot Blight of Aspen

  • Verticillium Wilt

  • Viburnum Leaf Beetle

  • Volutella Blight

  • Wetwood and Slime Flux

  • What is a Weather Station and Can it Benefit Ornamental Growers?

  • White Clover in Lawns

  • White Pine Blister Rust and Ribes Species

  • White-Tailed Deer and the Landscape

  • Why Hydranagea macrophylla Don’t Flower

  • Winter Moth Identification & Management

  • Winter Moth in Massachusetts: History and Biological Control

  • Wintercreeper Euonymus

  • Yard Waste Management in Massachusetts

  • Yellowjackets

Publications & Resources

  • Fact Sheets
  • Weed Herbarium
  • Professional Disease Guide
  • Professional Insect & Mite Guide
  • Nursery Best Management Practices (BMP) Manual
  • Garden Calendar
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    • Home Gardener Email List
    • Calendar Photo Contest!
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  • Association Certification
  • Pesticide License Information
  • Pesticide Resources
  • Nutrient Management

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