Cankers form on a butternut tree at the Indian Creek Nature Center on Tuesday in southeast Cedar Rapids. The butternut canker fungus is decimating the state's butternut population.

Butternut trees are dying across the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. A fungus is killing the big trees much like Dutch elm disease killed American elms over the last century. And just ...

Butternut is able to naturally hybridize with several other walnut (Juglans) species. The nuts collected from most Juglans spp. including butternut can vary in size and shape however, distinctive ...

Successfully maintaining fruit trees in your yard requires meticulous planning, especially in terms of knowing which plants ...

Thousand cankers disease, a fungus spread by a beetle, can kill walnut and butternut trees by destroying tissue just beneath the bark. (New York State Invasive Species) Syracuse, N.Y. -- A tree ...

Like many other American forest trees, the butternut is under siege. The fungus, probably brought from some other part of the world, is spreading through the woodlands, killing them.

The Butternut tree (Juglans cinerea) grows rapidly on well-drained soils of hillsides and streambanks in mixed hardwood forests.

Disease-resistant seedlings of an endangered tree species are doing well during their first season in a western Quebec forest, according to the conservation group that planted them. Butternut ...