Our redwood tree had a dying top then got a new one a few years ago. ... For more information about stem canker disease on redwood and giant sequoia, see this publication.

The tallest tree at the National Botanic Gardens (NBG) in Dublin has died after it began showing signs of poor health in 2020. The Giant Redwood tree, which is native to California, stood at a ...

Cankers girdle a tree’s branches and trunk, causing them to bulge and leak resin. The girdle reduces the flow of nutrients, weakening the trunk so that it eventually snaps in two like a broken pencil.

The redwood had been the city’s Christmas tree for about 20 years, ... “When redwoods are stressed they become more susceptible to redwood canker, a disease that kills tops and branches, ...

The Clovis Christmas tree, which each year is decorated as the centerpiece of a community lighting ceremony, is dying due in part to the drought, and will be removed in coming days.