If your maples or oaks have brown, curling leaf edges or dark blotches spreading across the foliage, the recent stretch of summer heat and humidity is likely the cause.
Anthracnose is a fungal disease that thrives in warm, humid conditions and shows up as irregular brown or tan patches along leaf veins, sometimes causing early leaf drop. Leaf scorch, by contrast, comes from heat and moisture stress rather than fungus, and appears as browning along the outer edges of leaves.
Both conditions look alarming but are rarely fatal to an otherwise healthy tree. Still, repeated seasons of either can weaken a tree's overall vigor and make it more susceptible to other problems.
New England Tree evaluates shade trees across Fairfield County showing signs of anthracnose or scorch and recommends the right course of action for each property.
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Authentic job photo preferred: a close-up of anthracnose blotches or scorched leaf edges on a maple or oak, an arborist inspecting canopy health, or a Fairfield County property showing affected foliage. Real, current photos of the specific symptoms are more useful than generic stock leaves.
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