Siberian elm was widely planted in America for windbreaks and as a disease-tolerant shade tree; it escaped cultivation and is now considered invasive in 41 states

Explore the journey of Siberian elm in America, its original purpose as a windbreak, and the environmental challenges it now ...
Yahoo

The deadly experiment that could save the American elm

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After more than a decade of nurturing, it had come time to infect this 28-acre grove of American elms with a disease that would ...
Purdue University

Cryptocline Leaf Spot (Anthracnose) of Elm, Purdue Landscape Report

Figure 1: Cryptocline leaf spot on Elm (photo by Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center) Figure 2: Cryptocline leaf spot on a young elm shrub. As the density of leaf spots ...
WUNC

See a burnt elm tree? This beetle species may have 'skeletonized' it

The North Carolina Forest Service has been receiving reports of scorched-looking elm trees throughout central North Carolina, from Davidson to Johnston counties. But Jim Slye, the service’s Forest ...
The Denver Post

Dutch elm disease reappears in Denver’s urban elder trees

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dutch elm disease has been reported back in Denver after more than a decade of its absence. The Denver forestry office discovered the disease last month in ...