Insects | Cultural | Diseases | Wildlife

Insects

--articles and pest alerts

• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (September 2012 udpate)
• Stinging Caterpillars Found in the Landscape and Nurseries
• Termites in Mulch
• Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
• Leafhoppers on Maple
• Scale Insects Found in Maryland Landscapes
  - A chart of the scale crawler periods
• Sirex Woodwasp
  

--fact sheets

• FS 835 - Emerald Ash Borer - Alternatives to Ash
• FS 836 - A Serious Threat to Your Ash Trees
• FS 818 Controlling 2 Aquatic Plant Pests: Nymphuliella daeckealis (Haimbach) and the Waterlily Leafcutter, Synclita obliteralis (Walker)
• Japanese Maple Scale
• Managing Insects and Mites on Woody Plants: an IPM Approach (formerly known as Bulletin 350) - this revised publication is now available through the National Arborist Association
  Authors: Michael J. Raupp, Ph.D. and John A. Davidson, Ph.D.

Cultural

--articles

• HG801 - Common Abiotic Problems in the Landscape
• HG802 - Installation Issues on Woody Ornamentals
• HG803 - Mulch Problems in the Landscape
• Drought Tolerant Plants
• The First Step in Diagnosing Plant Problems Is Getting Answers to the Right Questions
• Look Before You Drown (Your Plants) 

--fact sheets

• Fertilizer Recommendations for Landscape Trees & Shrubs (For Professional Grounds Managers and Landscape Contractors) (FS-789)
• Getting to the Root of Tree Problems (FS-756)
• Common Abiotic Plant Problems (HG 62)

 

Diseases

--articles and pest alerts

• Boxwood Blight
• Thousand Cankers Disease on Walnut

--fact sheets [no current resources]

 

Wildlife

--articles [no current resources]

--fact sheets

• Wildlife Damage Management: Resistance of Ornamentals to Deer Damage (FS 655)
• Lyme Disease and the Deer Tick in Maryland (FS 595)
• Reducing Vole Damage to Plants in Landscapes, Orchards, and Nurseries (FS 654)