Q: The pictures are of a ginkgo tree that is completely covered with this fungus. It was also on our Encore azaleas and some older oak trees and other shrubs. We lost all our azaleas, some other ...

Q. My desert cassia is dying back and I recently lost an Alexander palm. Both plants have lichen-like grayish patches on their trunks. Could these patches kill the trees? — David Walter, Fort ...

My tree has lost all its leaves and the bark now has some fungi growing on it? Is lichen killing my tree? Lichen (pronounced lie-ken) gets a bad rap based on its appearance alone. It has been on our ...

Algae, lichens and moss often form green or grey, powdery or mossy, crusty growths on the stems, branches and trunks of trees and shrubs. Pictured here, lichen and moss. This dreary "gray all day" ...

A Spanish moss-like substance can be seen hanging from spruce trees around Summit County. There are a number of spruce trees in a cluster in Cucumber Gulch in Breckenridge, which has this growing on ...

Q: There are greenish-gray patches all over the trees in our woods. I’ve heard people talk about lichen and moss killing trees and many of our trees do not look healthy. Do I need to be worried? - ...

Answer: That orange growth is lichen, not a rust pathogen. Lichen do not harm the tree or shrub in any way. They tend to grow only on that outer bark and stay there, not growing deeper into live ...

QUESTION: We have a small patio yard on the east side of our home, and it is very shady. Our problem is moss. What do we need to do to rid this from our lawn? ANSWER: First, it’s important to ...

Editors note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

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I know many of us want winter to come to an end, but I would like just one more good snowstorm. I love all seasons, but I need a little more of that winter bleakness in the woods, primarily to help me ...

I've noticed a mossy growth on the crepe myrtles, roses and oak trees in my yard. Can you tell me what it is? What you are looking at on your plants is called lichen. Lichens are moss-like organisms ...