Tulip trees exhibit stress from pests, drought – Athens County Independent

Tulip trees exhibit stress from pests, drought – Athens County Independent

Larvae leave brown patches on the leaf when they eat between the lower and upper epidermis of the leaf. Photo by Renae Hefty. ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio —If your tulip trees are looking a little sad this year, you’re not alone. Thomas Macy, forest health program manager for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, started getting reports about tulip trees — sometimes called yellow poplars — with fewer leaves “probably about the second week of May.” In…