John W. Schwandt's Images
Title: Plant PathologistOrganization: USDA Forest Service
Unit: Forest Health Protection - Coeur d’Alene Field Office
Country: United States
| 11 Images of 6 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1241567 | Rhabdocline needlecasts | Rhabdocline spp. | Rhabdocline apothecia are released when flaps of leaf epidermis fold back on either side of the midrib. |
| 1241566 | Rhabdocline needlecasts | Rhabdocline spp. | Rhabdocline apothecia are released when flaps of leaf epidermis fold back on either side of the midrib. |
| 1241616 | pine needle cast | Lophodermium nitens | Lophodermium nitens has caused severe defoliation in this western white pine. |
| 1241588 | needle blight of larch | Meria laricis | Larch needle cast causes yellow spots which become red-brown, begins infecting emerging needles in the spring, and can continue to reinfect as long as rainfall creates suitable conditions. |
| 1241565 | Rhabdocline needlecasts | Rhabdocline spp. | Red spots and transverse banding on infected needles. |
| 1241666 | root diseases and rots | A cluster of young Douglas-fir and grand fir have been killed by root disease near this old stump. | |
| 1241717 | white pine blister rust | Cronartium ribicola | Wetting branch cankers can make it easier to see the discoloration from a canker. |
| 1241724 | western gall rust | Endocronartium harknessii | Branch flagging in crown caused by western gall rust. |
| 1241662 | root diseases and rots | A stress cone crop produced on a tree with thinning foliage and shortened terminal growth is an indication of root disease. | |
| 1241654 | root diseases and rots | Root disease is often easily recognized from afar. Changes in tree density and clusters of young trees or brush assocaiated with tree mortality are good indicators of root disease. | |
| 1241718 | white pine blister rust | Cronartium ribicola | Branch flagging occurs after the canker has girdled the branch. |
