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  • Image: Witches' broom gall 1
    Credit: J. Hahn, University Of Minnesota
  • Image: Witches' broom gall 2

    Credit: W. M. Ciesla, Forest Health Mgmt. Int'l, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Witches' broom gall 3

    Credit: W. M. Ciesla, Forest Health Mgmt. Int'l, Bugwood.org

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green arrowWitches' broom gall
Podosphaera phytoptophila and Eriophyes celtis

  • Proliferation of small branches and twigs bunched together at the ends of branches
  • Clusters of twigs develop from a single point on the branch
  • Symptoms are caused by the interaction of a disease and mite
  • Damage is most noticeable after leaves have fallen
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  • Image: Deicing salt injury 1
    Credit: J. O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Deicing salt injury 2

    Credit: J. O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

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green arrowDeicing salt injury

  • Soil salt damage causes leaf edges or margins to appear burnt or scorched progressing toward the mid-vein
  • Salt spray causes branch growth to become tuft-like (a.k.a. witches' broom)
  • Run-off salt kills roots which results in die-back of most branches
  • Affected trees leaf out later than other non-infected trees
  • Damage most noticeable in spring and into the summer growing season
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