IF GALLS ARE BLIGHTING YOUR ASPENS, POPLARS OR COTTONWOOD TREES, CALL UTAH TREE DOCTOR
What Is The Cause Of My Tree's Illness?
Galls are growths that occur when the chemicals from certain insects interact with an aspen tree to form swollen areas. These galls can occur on any part of a quaking aspen tree, but they most often show up on the twigs, leaves and leaf buds. Many insects cause galls on a quaking aspen tree, but the aspen twiggall flies are often a culprit. While the insect itself may be too small to see or long gone, you can identify the type of insect that made the gall by its shape and location on the tree.
Dangers Of Galls on your trees
Fortunately the largest danger regarding galls on your tree branches and leaves is that of an unsightly landscape. Most trees that have this damage seem to tolerate it and can continue to grow despite the galls. However, once you realize that the tree will likely survive this insect damage, the the concern often turns to whether or not to keep this tree in your landscape since the galls can be an eyesore. your yard.
How A Basic Diagnoses Is Made
Galls on the tree leaves, twigs and branches are easy to see.
PESTS, PROBLEMS AND THEIR TREATMENTS
Ash Borer
Aspen Gall
Aspen Black Leaf Spot
Birch Leafminer
Birch Stink Bugs
Black Locust Borer
Black Turpentine Beetle/Pitch Moth
Boxelder Webworms
Bronze Birch Borer
Chlorosis
Codling Moth
Coryneum Blight
Conifer Bark Beetle Ground
Elm Leaf Beetle
Fall Poplar Borer
Fall Willow Borer
Fire Blight
Greater Peach Tree Borer
Gummosis
Honey Locust Borer
Lesser Peach Tree Borer
Oak Bullet Gall
Oak Lace Bugs
Oak Leaf Blister
Oak Webworms
Pine Tip Weevil
Powdery Mildew
Sawfly
Scale
Slime Flux
Spider Mites
Spring Poplar Borer
Spring Willow Borer
Spruce Cooley Gall Adelgid
Strawberry Root Weevil
Sycamore Anthracnose
Fruitworm
