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Fact Sheets
Cultural Practices
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Colored Bark Mulch -
Efficient Outdoor Watering -
Fall Cleanup Hazards -
Fall Maintenance Practices for Landscapes -
Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs -
Guidelines for Planting Trees and Shrubs -
Helping Trees to Manage Stress -
Indoor and Outdoor Residential Water Conservation Checklist -
Inspection of Storm Damaged Trees -
Irrigation Systems and Trees -
Managing Soil Structure for Water Conservation in the Landscape -
Measuring Soil Moisture -
Over-Fertilization of Soils -
Pruning Blueberries -
Pruning Needled Evergreens -
Pruning Neglected Apple Trees -
Sour Mulch -
The Role of the Irrigation Audit in Water Conservation -
Trickle Irrigation -
Why Hydranagea macrophylla Don’t Flower -
Yard Waste Management in Massachusetts
Diseases
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Apple Scab -
Arborvitae Needle Blight -
Armillaria Root and Butt Rot -
Ash Rust -
Ash Yellows -
Black Knot of Prunus -
Black Spot of Rose -
Botryosphaeria Canker -
Cedar-Apple Rust -
Cedar-Hawthorn Rust -
Cedar-Quince Rust -
Coral-spot Nectria Canker -
Crown Gall -
Cytospora Canker -
Diplodia Blight -
Dogwood Anthracnose -
Dutch Elm Disease -
Elm Anthracnose -
Elm Yellows -
Fire Blight -
Frogeye (Sphaeropsis) Leaf Spot -
Fungi in Mulches and Composts -
Guignardia Leaf Blotch -
Hawthorn Leaf Spot -
Holly Leaf Spot -
Kabatina Blight -
Lophodermium Needle Cast -
Maple Anthracnose -
Meria Needle Cast -
Oak Anthracnose -
Oak Leaf Blister -
Ovulinia Petal Blight -
Peach Leaf Curl -
Perennial Nectria Canker -
Phomopsis Blight -
Phomopsis Canker -
Phytophthora Bleeding Canker -
Phytophthora Dieback -
Phytophthora ramorum -
Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot -
Ploioderma Needle Cast -
Powdery Mildew -
Rhabdocline Needle Cast -
Rhizosphaera Needle Cast -
Rhododendron Leaf Spot -
Root and Butt Rot Pathogens of Oak (Quercus spp.) -
Seedling Root and Crown Rots -
Sooty Mold -
Spore Shooting Fungi -
Spruce Needle Rust -
Stigmina Needle Cast -
Sycamore Anthracnose -
Tar Spot of Maple -
Tubakia Leaf Blotch -
Verticillium Wilt -
Volutella Blight -
Wetwood and Slime Flux -
White Pine Blister Rust and Ribes Species
Environmental Stress
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Effects of Cold on Landscape Plants -
Freeze/Frost Occurrence Tables for Connecticut -
Freeze/Frost Occurrence Tables for Massachusetts -
Long-term Drought Effects on Trees and Shrubs -
Perpetual Drought: The “New Normal” for Urban Trees? -
Protecting Evergreens in the Winter Q&A -
The Impact of Salts on Plants and How to Reduce Plant Injury from Winter Salt Applications
Insects and Mites
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Adelgids -
Andromeda Lacebug -
Aphids -
Arborvitae Leafminer -
Asian Longhorned Beetle -
Asiatic Garden Beetle -
Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) -
Bagworm -
Balsam Twig Aphid -
Beech Blight Aphid -
Beneficial Nematodes -
Bio-Rational Pesticides -
Birch Leafminer -
Black Turpentine Beetle -
Black Vine Weevil -
Boxelder Bug -
Boxwood Leafminer -
Boxwood Psyllid -
Bronze Birch Borer -
Cankerworms -
Chilli Thrips -
Conifer Bark Beetle -
Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid -
Cryptomeria Scale -
Dogwood Borer -
Eastern Spruce Gall Adelgid -
Eastern Tent Caterpillar -
Elm Bark Beetle -
Emerald Ash Borer -
Fall Webworm -
Forest Tent Caterpillar -
Formosan Termite -
Fundamentals of an Insect and Mite IPM Program -
Giant European Hornet -
Growing Degree Days for Management of Insect Pests in the Landscape -
Gypsy Moth -
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid -
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Frequently Asked Questions -
Honeylocust Plantbug -
House Invaders -
Information Regarding Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases -
Insect Identification – Online Resources -
Japanese Beetle -
Japanese Maple Scale -
Larch Casebearer -
Lilac Borer (also known as Ash Borer) -
Lily Leaf Beetle -
Mimosa Webworm -
Periodical Cicada -
Pine Needle Scale -
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 -
Protecting Pollinators from Pesticide Exposure While Managing Insect Pests in Landscapes -
Rhododendron Borer -
Scouting for Defoliating Pests of Trees and Shrubs -
Scouting for Piercing-Sucking Pests of Trees and Shrubs -
Southern Pine Beetle -
Spider Mites in the Landscape and Nursery -
Spotted Lanternfly -
Tree and Shrub Insecticide Active Ingredients: Alternatives to Neonicotinoids -
Tree and Shrub Insecticide Active Ingredients: Risks to Pollinators and Other Non-Target Organisms -
Viburnum Leaf Beetle -
Winter Moth Identification & Management -
Winter Moth in Massachusetts: History and Biological Control -
Yellow Jackets
Nursery Production
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Alternative Nursery Containers -
Comparing Production Systems for New England Nurseries -
Overwintering Container-Grown Ornamentals -
What is a Weather Station and Can it Benefit Ornamental Growers?
Plant Materials
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"Right Plant, Right Place" - A Plant Selection Guide for Managed Landscapes -
Birch Culture -
Choosing Sustainable Plants -
Crabapples -
Dogwoods -
Drought Tolerant Perennials -
Drought Tolerant Plants for the Landscape -
Growing Hydrangeas -
Guidelines for Planting Within the 100 Foot Buffer -
Juniper Culture -
Landscaping to Conserve Water -
North American Plants for New England Gardens -
Ornamental Grasses for Water Conservation in the Landscape -
Plant Identification - Online Resources -
Rain Gardens: A Way to Improve Water Quality -
Secondary Conservation List of Non-Native Species -
Selection and Maintenance of Plant Materials for Coastal Landscapes -
Trees and Shrubs for Coastal Environments and Freshwater Resource Buffer Zones -
Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Low Maintenance Landscapes -
Wintercreeper Euonymus
Weeds
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A Guide to Weed Life Cycles (from the Turf Program) -
Biology and Management of Crabgrass -
Broadleaf Plantain in Lawns -
Buckhorn Plantain in Lawns -
Common Blue Violet in Lawns -
Common Chickweed in Lawns -
Dandelions in Lawns -
Ground Ivy in Lawns -
Poison Ivy -
Speedwells in Lawns -
White Clover in Lawns
Wildlife Management
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White-Tailed Deer and the Landscape
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