The Emperor has No Clothes

Have you noticed in the landscape that the sycamores, and to a lesser degree, the plane trees are devoid of leaves? Anthracnose of Platanus species is a well known disease in our area. The disease causes leaf and shoot blight, twig cankers, and branch dieback, and has been particularly severe this spring.

Sycamore anthracnose. Photo: Richard Buckley, Rutgers PDL

Sycamore anthracnose. Photo: Richard Buckley, Rutgers PDL

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