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Ironwood (Ostrya) > Trunk/branches > Unusually colored area of bark on trunk or branches

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Smooth patch
Aleurodiscus oakesii

  • Sunken, relatively smooth, round to irregular areas of bark on trunk or branches
  • Affected bark is often lighter in color
  • Small cream colored disks or saucer-like fungal spore producing structures grow within affected area
  • Has no effect on the overall health of the tree
  • More information on Smooth patch
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  • Image: Fire Blight 1
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Anthracnose
Apiosporopsis carpinea

  • Leaves have reddish brown irregular spots or blotches
  • Leaves may drop prematurely
  • Reddish brown cankers on branches; may become sunken and surrounded by ridges of wound wood with age
  • Dead twigs and wilted, bleached leaves on branches with girdling cankers
  • More information on Anthracnose

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