Leaf-feeding insects are a part of life in the Peninsula's rich horticultural landscape. The region's mild Mediterranean climate and diverse variety of native and ornamental trees create an ideal ...

Trees highlighted as "at-risk" in the study include oak, cherry, pine, larch and spruce. The ash dieback epidemic prompted the government to assess all pests and diseases that could potentially ...

The oak is the king of trees, as naturalist Donald Peattie noted ... one variety of American tree after another has fallen to disease and pests, often brought from overseas. The chestnut blight ...