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  • Willow witches' broom 1

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

  • Willow witches' broom 2

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

  • Willow witches' broom 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

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green arrowWillow witches' broom
Aster yellows group phytoplasma

  • Witches' brooms, a cluster of numerous small weak shoots arising from one point on a branch, occur randomly throughout the tree
  • Leaves on branches within witches' broom are stunted
  • Twigs within witches' broom often die over winter
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  • Poplar and willow borer 1

    Credit: M. Ostry, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

  • Poplar and willow borer 2

    Credit: G. Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org

  • Poplar and willow borer 3

    Credit: M. Zubrik, Forest Research Institute, Slovakia, Bugwood.org

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green arrowPoplar and willow borer
Cryptorhynchus lapathi

  • Frass pushed out of openings in wood
  • Sap seeps from openings
  • Trunks become crooked and misshapen
  • Random shoots sprout along deformity
  • Damage most common on willow and poplar (except for quaking aspen), particularly young trees 1"- 4" diameter
  • Larvae are C-shaped, cream-colored and approx. ΒΌ inch long
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