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  • Image: Scurfy scale 1
    Credit: W. Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
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green arrowScurfy scale
Chionaspis furfura

  • Infested twigs and branches show dieback in canopy
  • Adults are white and covered by a white cocoon-like armor, which gives the appearance of white bumps along the stem or branches
  • Crawlers or juvenile scales are light purple
  • Cocoon-like armor can be seen year round but crawlers can be seen in June
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  • Image: Black knot 1
    Credit: M. Grabowski, University Of Minnesota
  • Image: Black knot 2

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University Of Minnesota

  • Image: Black knot 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University Of Minnesota

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green arrowBlack knot
Apiosporina morbosa

  • Lumpy olive to black elongate swellings along all sizes of twigs
    and branches
  • Gall formation may cause leaves to wilt or not leaf out showing branch dieback
  • Rough black cracked swelling can occur on the main trunk
  • Most common on choke and pin cherry
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