MONTEREY — Native coastal oak trees in and around Monterey are dying at a rate that is concerning urban foresters and neighborhood organizations. Justin Prouty, interim urban forester for the… ...

MONTEREY / Oak disease variant looms as new threat / Third strain may be offspring of U.S., European types By Peter Fimrite , Chronicle Staff Writer Jan 22, 2005 ...

The disease caused by the fungus Geosmithia pallida is spread by an insect, the western oak bark beetle (WOBB). The native beetle appears to attack trees weakened by drought, disease, injury and ...

The effects of the drought are weighing heavily on Monterey ... Bark beetles are a common pest with about 200 species in California which attack native pine and oak trees. ... the disease has ...

Sudden oak death has hit Big Sur, California, trees and Cambria could be next. The pathogen caused disease kills tanoaks and live oaks and affects plants including bay laurels, Douglas fir and ...

Sudden oak death, a disease that has ravaged California's signature oak trees in coastal areas as far north as Oregon, has turned up just 10 miles north of the San Luis Obispo County line.