Dead Trees Stomding-Drought, Stress and Borers

摘要

This is a tale of an "October Glory" red maple and how stress and borers conspired to turn it into an "October Misery." The story begins two years ago when five elderly red maples were removed from my yard. These veterans had lost most of their crownsin a windstorm and one giant with included bark and decay threatened to destroy my neighbor's carport in the next breeze. To soften the blow of losing these beauties, I replanted my denuded landscape with several cypress, a few firs, an American elm andan 'October Glory' red maple. With Asian longhorned beetle on the prowl, I considered not planting a favored food of this pest, but with the nearest known infestation still more than 100 miles away in New Jersey and dreams of spectacular autumn color, "October Glory" seemed like a good choice.