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Deicing salt injury
- Soil salt damage causes leaf edges or margins to appear burnt or scorched progressing toward the mid-vein
- Run-off salt kills roots which results in die-back of most branches
- Affected trees leaf out later than other non-infected trees
- Damage most noticeable in spring
- More information on Deicing salts
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Verticillium wilt
Verticillium dahliae
- Leaves turn brown from the edges and tips, wilt and die in severe infections
- Leaves are small and yellowed in chronic infections
- Leaf symptoms are often seen on only one or a few random branches in the canopy
- Brown streaks often can be seen in the sapwood if the bark is peeled back, appearing as rings or arcs in a cross cut
- Symptoms may develop over a single growing season, or over several years
- More information on Verticillium wilt
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Drought stress
- Leaves wilt and turn brown at the tips and the margins first, then completely brown
- Dead branches in the canopy
- Leaves appear drooped or wilted within canopy
- The ground beneath the tree is littered with yellow to brown leaves
- More information on Drought stress
