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Fungal diseases; Common name: Scientific name: Plants affected: Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides: Fe, Fl Cercospora leaf spot Cercospora spp. Fe Corynespora leaf spot Corynespora cassiicola: Fb Gray mold Botrytis cinerea: Fe, Fl Phomopsis dieback Diplodia spp. Fb Southern blight Sclerotium rolfsii: Fb, Fe, Fl Verticillium wilt ...
Ficus sur is a fast-growing, deciduous or evergreen tree. [6] It usually grows from 5–12 metres (16–39 ft) in height, but may attain a height of 35–40 metres (115–131 ft). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 7 ] Large specimens develop a massive spreading crown, [ 7 ] fluted trunks, and buttress roots .
Ficus (/ ˈ f aɪ k ə s / [2] or / ˈ f iː k ə s / [3] [4]) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone.
The lawsuit marks the latest flashpoint in a heated battle over more than 80 ficus trees slated to be ripped out in an effort to revitalize a commercial district. Preservation group sues Whittier ...
Today, the ficus trees stirring the controversy — believed to date to the late 1960s — create a shaded canopy across the avenue. Some of their benefits and drawbacks are on clear display.
Severe pruning — a.k.a. "coat racking" — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse.
Ficus benjamina is a tree reaching 30 m (98 feet) tall in natural conditions, with gracefully drooping branchlets and glossy leaves6–13 cm (2 + 3 ⁄ 8 – 5 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches), oval with an acuminate tip.
Trees up to 25 m (82 feet) tall. [3] Leaves lanceolate, elliptic or ovate, with acuminate or acute apex. [3] Figs edible, globose, 0.8-1.2 cm in diameter. [3] A curiosity of its growth is that, according to Condit, its roots, when they reach another tree, can grow up the trunk as much as forty feet (twelve meters).