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  • Image: Rodent damage 1
    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota
  • Image: Rodent damage 2

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

  • Image: Rodent damage 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

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green arrowRodent damage

  • Bark is completely chewed from branches and stems
  • Majority of damage occurs in winter and early spring on braches or stems not protected by snow
  • Foliage turns yellow to brown on branches the bark was removed
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  • Image: Juniper scale 1
    Credit: United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Juniper scale 2

    Credit: J. LaForest, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Juniper scale 3

    Credit: J. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

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green arrowJuniper scale
Carulaspis juniper

  • White, spot-like, approximately 1/10 inch diameter cover needles
  • Dull green coloring of foliage is first sign of infestation
  • In high infestations entire plant may look sprinkled with snow
  • Foliage may turn yellow from insects sucking sap from needles, then brown and die as damage ages
  • New growth fails to develop normally on infested branches
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  • Image: Root rot 1
    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota
  • Image: Root rot 2

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

  • Image: Root rot 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

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green arrowRoot rot
Fusarium sp., Rhizoctonia solani, Phytophthora
cinnamomi

  • Needles turn brown from the tips of the branches down
  • Roots are dark colored, soft and mushy
  • Occurs only on Junipers in heavy waterlogged soils

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