Q. About 20 years ago I planted a year-old pine sapling in the backyard. About 15 feet away is the beginning of a small drainage creek. This fall the pine tree started shedding its yellowed needles ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Needle cast is a broad group of fungal diseases that cause conifers to shed ...

Evergreen trees and shrubs often alarm homeowners by losing needles in autumn. There’s usually no need for concern. “It’s part of the regular life cycle of these plants for some needles to turn yellow ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. To figure out what kind of tree you are trying to identify, take a look at ...

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been getting calls about browning needles on evergreen trees. There are several different causes depending on the species of the tree, but the most common is Dothistroma ...