List of Diseases

Common NameScientific name
Artist’s ConkGanoderma applanatum
Annosum Root DiseaseHeterobasidion annosum
Beech Bark DiseaseNeonectria ditissima
Beech Leaf DiseaseNematode Litylenchus crenatae mecannii
Black KnotApiosporina morbosa
Brown Spot Needle BlightMycosphaerella dearnessii
Cedar-Apple RustGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
Chestnut BlightCryphonectria parasitica
Clinker PolyporeInonotus obliquus
Cytospora Canker Of SpruceCytospora kunzei
Diplodia Canker Of OaksDiplodia corticola
Dogwood AnthracnoseDiscula destructiva
Dutch Elm DiseaseOphiostoma ulmi
Dwarf MistletoesArceuthobium sp.
Fire Blight Of AppleErwinia amylovora
Fusiform RustCronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme
Hypoxylon CankerBiscogniauxia atropunctata var. atropunctata
LichensNumerous species
Nectria CankerNeonectria galligena
Needle Cast FungiNumerous species
Oak WiltBretziella fagacearum
Red Heart Of PinePhellinus pini
Sycamore AnthracnoseApiognomonia errabunda & veneta
Tar Spot Of MapleRhytisma acerinum
Thousand Cankers Of Black WalnutGeosmithia morbida
Verticillium Wilt Of MapleVerticillium sp.
White Pine Blister RustCronartium ribicola

For more information, please refer to the US Forest Service’s Northeastern and Southern Region Forest Health Protection Unit‘s Insect and Disease web sites.