SAN ANTONIO – Oak trees are the backbone of South Central Texas. Hardy, evergreen and beautiful, oak trees can also provide plenty of shade. But neighborhoods like Live Oak, Shavano Park, Hollywood ...

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Oak wilt is a fungal disease that attacks the vascular system of live and red oak species. In unusual cases, white oaks may also catch the disease. Oak wilt is spread when sap beetles travel from a ...

The oak tree is as much an icon to the Texas landscape as cattle and pick-up trucks. To walk into a grove of Live Oaks settled along a deep green pasture is hiking bliss, I just can't think of a more ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Destruction wrought by an early-February ice storm locally felled many of our local trees and greatly reduced their canopies, opening wounds that could lead to more dead trees, ...

Oak wilt is a fungal disease that affects oak trees, according to the DEC. The disease is caused by the fungus Bretziella fagacearum, which blocks the movement of water and nutrients within infected ...

CENTRAL TEXAS (KXAN) — Texas A&M Forest Service experts are forewarning Central Texas property owners about the dangers of oak wilt, a fungal tree disease that can substantially impact property values ...

Despite the fact that we describe live oaks as evergreen, they drop their leaves every year in late February or early March. I guess we still call them evergreens because the transition happens so ...

Oak wilt is a disease of oak trees caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum, which enters the tree and halts the flow of water and elements by clogging up vessels in the trees' vascular system.

What is oak wilt? Here's what to know.

DALLAS — In the serene community of Lake Highlands, the sight of grand oak trees has long been a source of pride and joy for residents like Sherry Koeninger. The stately trees, which have flourished ...

Our oak trees are the backbone of South Central Texas, but neighborhoods like Live Oak, Shavano Park, Hollywood Park and the Hill Country are threatened by oak wilt.