Sweet Gum Tree Leaf Spot

Sweetgum is a pioneer species often found after an area has been logged or clearcut and one of the most common tree species in the eastern united states.

Sweet gum tree leaf spot. It hails from the altingiaceae family tree belonging to the saxifragales order. Leaf spots of various types may attack sweetgum causing premature defoliation but are not serious. Leaf diseases do not affect all trees but it is very noticeable on the ones it does strike. Leaf spot on poplar maple sweetgum walter reeves the.

Some people refer to these leaves as having a star form or a maple like silhouette. Most leaf spot diseases need either water on the leaves or very high humidity for a prolonged period of time 12 to 24 hours to start an infection. The tree is an active member of the flowering plant. Leader dieback on established trees in the southern u s.

Leaf spots often mature in one to two weeks. Sweetgum redgum star leaved gum alligator wood and gumtree habitat. May be due to lack of moisture and or construction injury. The imperfect fungus dicarpella dryina sutton is a leaf parasite reported to occur on a wide range of host plants including species of sweet gum liquidambar styraciflua l.

In scientific nomenclature the sweet gum tree is called liquidambar styraciflua this name was derived from the tree s innate property of secreting a resin like substance. Black and brown spots on sweetgum leaves can signal a systemic problem with the tree that. Rake up and destroy infected leaves to help control if there are no adjacent sweetgum to add inoculum. Cercospora is the most common of the many diseases of a sweet gum tree according to the florida department of agriculture and consumer services.

Mature leaf spots produce spores or bacteria that can be spread throughout the canopy which can start a second set of leaf spots or cause new infections on other plants. This tree may also be found in mixed woodlands. Sweetgum grows in moist soils of valleys and lower sloped areas. Sweet gum tree leaf spot.

I m sure the weeks of hot and humid weather in july and early august caused the problems. Masuzi february 15 2020 uncategorized 0. When you spot a defect on the tree or its leaves identify the disease and then take steps to resolve it. The problem on your sweetgum tree is either sweetgum anthracnose gloeosporium nervisequum or sweetgum leaf spot cercospora liquidambaris.

Cercospora is a fungal spot disease that produces dark brown bordered angular to circular spots 2 to 10 mm in diameter on both sides of leaves. Leaf spot on poplar maple sweetgum neil sperry answers your garden problems with a sweet gum tree thriftyfun sweet gum sweetgum gumball tree.