If the grass near the base of an oak tree is dying, it likely isn't due to excess acidity from fallen leaves or acorns. Dead or yellow grass at the base of a tree is more likely a sign of root ...

Q: The drought has caused our very large oak trees to shed a ton of leaves, how should we handle this? Rake them up or just shred with the mower? There's very little grass under the oaks as it is, ...

Oak leaf blister is caused by a fungus that attacks most species of oaks found in Louisiana. It can be particularly bad when the weather is cool and wet. (LSU AgCenter photo) Oak leaf blister, a ...

Many coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees are showing unusual browning in their canopies in the last month or two. If you look carefully, you may see small, crescent-shaped galls forming on the ...

Live oak leaves have fallen over a long season this year. The cold weather following a dry autumn may have contributed to the early leaf drop experienced in some landscapes. Those leaves are a ...

Have you ever noticed that oak forests tend to have much more leaf litter on the ground than other forests? This is because oak leaves decompose at a much slower rate than most other leaves. Oaks, ...

Q. I have a large number of oak leaves that have accumulated in my yard after this last round of storms. I would like to compost them but have been told they are toxic to microorganisms and they ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 29 (UPI) --Scientists in Florida have confirmed what some citrus growers suspected for years -- that oak trees could inhibit citrus greening disease, which has brought the once ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Each spring the PPDL receives several samples of oak trees showing curled, twisted, stunted and/or generally ratty looking leaves. When there are holes in the leaves or leaf ...