Like me, many people have probably seen them. Up close, or at a distance, they stick out like a sore thumb. What amazes me most about them is I've really never bothered to look them up to see exactly ...

Witches' broom formations are seen in this Virginia pine. The effect of witches' broom is caused by stress in trees. (Submitted photo/Curtis Young) On my cranky days some might say it’s my mode of ...

Their beloved red berries have rounded out Christmas wreaths for decades. Their evergreen leaves make them a top choice of landscapers and streetscape planners as Central Florida grows. But an ...

We often see witches’ brooms in winter when looking into the tree canopy of an otherwise barren landscape. There is an abnormal cluster of growth, with shortened stems and needles, maybe in the shape ...

As children across the country savor the last of this year's Halloween candy, a deadly and untreatable fungus, Moniliophthora perniciosa, is hexing chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao, plantations in many ...

Witch's brooms are compact, rounded collections of short needles and small cones. They can sometimes make up the entire leafy crown of a tree. Staff at North Carolina State University are asking for ...

Question: We have a wild palo verde in our front yard that has several branches near the outer edge of the crown that are dense broom like in appearance. I’m wondering if this is a type of mistletoe ...

Q: I have three Arizona ash trees that are 10 years old. This past year they have looked like this (see photo). I have been trying to figure this out. I went to a few nurseries and got different ...

In the early 1900s, Brazil was the world's largest producer of cocoa. Chocolate trees (Theobroma cacao) were cultivated in a 800, 000 ha region of rainforest in the state of Bahia, beneath a dense ...