Sick Aspen Trees - Ask Extension
I would like to know how to treat my aspen trees. They have what I think is a black fungus. I have attached some photos.
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Sick Aspen Trees #257151
Asked June 25, 2015, 6:33 PM EDT
I would like to know how to treat my aspen trees. They have what I think is a black fungus. I have attached some photos.
Broomfield County Colorado
Expert Response
It appears that you have either a Black Canker or Sooty-Bark Canker. There is no cure but you can avoid further damage by avoiding wounding of the trunk. The trees may live for many years with the cankers.
When I looked up sick Aspen trees I saw many pictures that looked like my tree and they were called some type of black fungus. Do you know of any treatment for that?
Other than pruning out the damage, I don't know of any other treatments - and your tree has the problem on the trunk so unless you cut down the trees and try and grow the suckers, there is no solution that I'm aware of.
