Numbered Publications by Crocker, Ellen
ID-240: What Is Your Tree Worth?
Ellen Crocker, Bill Fountain | December 22, 2016 (New)
Occasionally, through no fault of your own, your valuable trees and landscape plants may be damaged. Landscape appraisers are called on to assess individual plants and entire landscapes as a result of storms, human damage, destruction, and failure. Appraisals are an estimate of the nature, quality, value, or utility of an interest or an aspect of real estate.
ID-241: After Your Ash Has Died: Making an Informed Decision on What to Replant
Ellen Crocker, Bill Fountain, Lee Townsend, Nicole Gauthier | December 22, 2016 (New)
Unfortunately the emerald ash borer is only the latest in a series of invasive pests that have recently decimated our trees. Here, we provide basic information on the death of our ash trees and what types of species are less likely to be impacted by invasive insects and diseases in the future.
ID-237: Soil Percolation: A Key to Survival of Landscape Plants
Ellen Crocker, Rick Durham, Bill Fountain | September 14, 2016 (New)
Eighty to 90 percent of disease and insect problems on landscape plants can be traced back to soil problems. Plants must be adapted to the site if they are to meet our expectations of growing, remain healthy, and attractive.
PPFS-GEN-14: Don't Eat Those Wild Mushrooms
Ellen Crocker, Nicole Gauthier | February 1, 2016 (New)
Mushrooms are strange and wonderful things--some are beautiful, some are ugly, some are delicious, and some are deadly. Mushroom hunting is a fun and rewarding hobby that can turn a hike through local woods into a puzzle-solving adventure. Many people are drawn to mushroom hunting and the potential to forage for food. Unfortunately, there is a dark side to mushroom foraging: poisoning. Each year, wild mushrooms lead to numerous illnesses and even a few deaths.
