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TH: Re: Silver Maples
Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 11:26:54 -0700 ---------------------------------
From: Julian Dunster <jdunster@bigfoot.com>
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Paul Heeney wrote:
> I, too, have been sort of reading from the sidelines, but thought that
> maybe someone could peg down another silver maple abnormality. In Whitby,
> just east of Toronto Canada, a friend of mine is the city arborist and
> came across some blight that he couldn't ID. The leaves had round, black
> patches, only about 1/8" or so in diameter, dotting the surfaces. It
> looked as though a magnifying glass had been held up to the leaves. Any
> ideas?
>
> Paul Heeney
> Student, York University
> Toronto Canada
> pheeney@yorku.ca
Try Tar spot fungus Rhytisma acerinum. Very common in Toronto area on
maples.
julian Dunster
Bowen Island, BC
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