The arboreal fungus appears on the branches of trees in the genus Prunus. In Minnesota, that means cherry and plum trees.

Home on the Grange will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Grange Hall in North Pole. The topic this week is “Invasive Species,” particularly the popular ornamental chokecherry tree. Both Prunus padus, ...

It’s a beast. It’s a bully. And its time is up, forest experts and community members say. The ornamental chokecherry tree, invasive in Alaska, has gotten so bad in some areas that the state used grant ...

Chokecherries, North Dakota's new state fruit, are under attack from an ugly black lump. The black knot fungus is "the scourge of chokecherries. It's really bad," said Ron Smith, North Dakota State ...

Tricia Howe, a volunteer working at the Aug. 19, 2023,"weed smackdown" at Anchorage's Tikishla Park, pulls another felled European bird cherry tree to put on a pile near the park's softball field.

The USDA Forest Service and the Alaska Division of Forestry are offering grants up to $25,000 to local governments and nonprofit organizations to remove two types of invasive chokecherry trees from ...

A group of Williston students made history Monday when their yearlong efforts on behalf of the chokecherry came to a fruitful end. On a 92-1 vote, the North Dakota House agreed to make the chokecherry ...

Question: What is this white coating on the leaves of my chokecherry tree, and what would you recommend to get rid of it? Answer: The likely culprit for those symptoms at this time of year in New ...