Healthy oak trees are considered an asset to your property. It is important to make sure your oak trees are properly maintained, trimmed and kept healthy.  It is also important to understand that oak trees can succumb to several stressors that can potentially lead oak decline and even death.  There are symptomatic signs in progression when oaks (red oaks and live oaks) are succumbing to oak decline. Symptoms of stress in your oak trees may include:   

1. Discoloration

2. Defoliation

3. Die back in the top branches

4. Declining overall

5. Death

When these symptoms are present, the trees are under stress, and in most cases, prolonged stress.  At this point, insects and fungus can add another level of stress which can harm or potentially kill your oaks.

There are several stressors that effect oak trees.  In most cases, they have been in play due to the fact the we live in an old forest and these stressors have become a way of life in our tree population. The primary stressors to oak trees are:

1. Drought

2. Cedar dominance

3. Ball moss (see Ball Moss Spray Removal Service for more information)

4. Overpopulation

5. Unhealthy growth patterns

6. Oak gall

7. Insects

8. Fungus

9. Root damage (see Root Inoculation Service for more information)

Unfortunately, we are losing almost 10-20% of our population each year due to oak decline and stress. The good news is that all of these stressors can be mitigated and in most cases the trees can be put back on a healthy track. For more information on our oak wilt service, visit the Oak Wilt Monitoring Page.

Tribemania Tree Services include:

• Canopy Reshaping

• Ball Moss Spray Removal

• Oak Decline Mitigation

• Oak Wilt Monitoring

• Root Zone Inoculation