New fungal disease discovered in threatened juniper
Plantlife is extremely concerned as a serious fungal infection is found in juniper in County Durham.
February 14 2012
Juniper berries © Beth Newman / Plantlife
Phytophthora austrocedrae, recently confirmed in Britain, is a fungus infection that is usually fatal to infected trees. It has been confirmed on common juniper in northern England as well as on Lawson’s cypress and Nootka cypress in Scotland.
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