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Dogwood Anthracnose

Scientific Name

Discula destructiva Redlin (1991) (Redlin 1991)

Common Name

Dogwood anthracnose

Native To

Unknown (Caetano-Anolles et al. 2001)

Date of U.S. Introduction

First detected in the late 1970s (Daughtrey et al. 1996)

Means of Introduction

Unknown (Daughtrey et al. 1996)

Impact

Fungal disease of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) and Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) trees (Daughtrey et al. 1996)

Current U.S. Distribution

Eastern U.S. and Pacific Northwest

Dogwood anthracnose - Invasive.org

Dogwood anthracnose symptoms Clemson University

Credit

USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series

Source
Invasive.org.

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Distribution / Maps / Survey Status

  • Alien Forest Pest Explorer (AFPE)

    • USDA. FS. Northern Research Station.

    • The Alien Forest Pest Explorer (AFPE) is an interactive web tool which provides detailed spatial data describing pest distributions and host inventory estimates for damaging, non-indigenous forest insect and disease pathogens currently established in the U.S. The database is maintained as a joint effort of Purdue University, the U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station, and the U.S. Forest Service Forest Health Protection.

  • Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System (EDDMapS) - Dogwood Anthracnose

    • University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.

    • Provides state, county, point and GIS data. Maps can be downloaded and shared.

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