Insects and Diseases on

Common Long Island

Landscape Plants

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 Andromeda

Azalea bark scale

Lace bugs
 Alberta spruce

Spider mites attack alberta spruce usually in full sun

 Azaleas

Two banded japanese weevil

lacebugs Azalea bark scale
Arborvitae

Arborvitae leafminer

bagworms
Spider mites
Arborvitae Leaf-Miner Adult

Adult

When in flight it resembles a small moth

European Beech Trees

Wooly beech aphid

Phytophthora citricola
Phytophthora on European Beech
American Beech
Beech Bark Scale
 Birch trees

Birch leaf miner Bronze birch borer

 Birch trees

Bronze
Birch Borer
Adult
Boxwood

Boxwood leafminer

Boxwood psyllid
Cherry

Tent caterpillar

White prunicola scale

 Crabapple

Cedar-apple rust

Tent caterpillar
Apple scab
Cotoneaster

lace bugs
Cypress

Spider mites
Dogwood

anthracnose

scale
 Euonymus

Euonymus scale

Euonymus caterpillar Two banded weevil

Fir

Balsam wooly adelgid

Spider mites
 Hemlock

Elongate hemlock scale

Hemlock wooly adelgid Spider mites

Holly

Cottony camellia scale

Holly leaf miner

 Honey locust

Honey locust pod gall midge

Honey locust plant bug Honey locust plant bug adult

 Japanese Black Pine
Black Turpentine Beetle
Pitch tubes which look like
sap volcanoes
 Blue stain fungus
The fungus, carried by the beetle, spreads throughout the tree and restricts
vascular flow to the top of the tree essentially cutting off it’s life supply.
Japanese Black Pine
Scale
 Juniper

Juniper scale

Phomopsis tip blight Spider mites

Lilac

Powdery mildew

White peach scale

 Linden

Cottony scale
 Maples

aphids
aphids

Cottony maple scale

Mountain laurel

Leaf spot
 Mugo pine

Pine sawfly

Pine sawfly
Pine needle scale
 Oaks

Golden oak scale

Gypsy moth Oak gall

Purple leafed plum

scale
Privet

White peach scale

Rhododendrons

borers

midge

Black vine weevil

Roses

aphids
Spirea

aphids
Spruce

Spruce gall adelgid

Two spotted mites

Sycamore

Sycamore anthracnose
White Pine

Pine bark
spittlebug
adelgid

White pine weevil

 Yew

Mealy bugs

Fletcher scale

Cottony taxus scale Cottony taxus scale

Injuries From Poor Cultural
Practices

Lawn mower and weed whacker Damage

Solution
Weekly Soil Scratching Kills roots!
Overhead irrigation hits foliage
causing disease problems
Overhead irrigation hits foliage
causing disease problems
Overhead irrigation hits foliage
causing disease problems
Poor cultural practices
De-icing salt

Salt damage
 Too Deep

Excessive soil around tree trunks

Mulch Volcanoes
Wrong Plant Wrong Place

Wrong plant wrong place

Soil Compaction
Soil Compaction
 Construction vehicles
 Lawn mowers
 Pets
 Pedestrian traffic
 Rain Droplets
 Measuring Soil Compaction
Penetrometer
 Alleviating Soil Compaction
(Trees)
 Radial Trenching with Air-Spade
 Alleviating Soil Compaction
(Trees)
 Radial Trenching with Air-spade
 Alleviating Soil Compaction
(Trees)
 Radial Trenching with Air-spade
Grade changes
Root Collar Excavations
Root Collar Excavations
 What is Plant Health Care?
 PHC is the art and science of caring for
plants as a whole through frequent
monitoring during the season. PHC
programs include building soil
microbiology, creating proper plant
growing environments, preventing pest
problems, and dealing with pest
outbreaks, while being sensitive to the
environment and beneficial organisms.
PHC Tools
Compost Tea
 Thank You

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