Dogwood Anthracnose - Dogwood Anthracnose Disease

Paul Pecknold, Gail Ruhl, and Karen Rane
Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University

Introduction

Dogwood anthracnose is a potentially devastating fungal disease that has been infecting flowering dogwoods in both landscapes and forests throughout the eastern and northwestern U.S. since the late 197O's. The disease was first confined in Indiana in 1993 and has presently been found in several counties from the Michigan to Kentucky borders. Sites of infection have been primarily landscape trees but the disease has invaded localized areas in northern Indiana forests and can potentially cause significant mortality to native dogwoods throughout the state.

BP-48-W

Ornamental Diseases
Purdue University
Cooperative Extension Service
West Lafayette, IN 47907