Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 9:15 am
The article says the current suspicion is focused on a bacterial cause, but jeez that looks eerily similar to the sudden oak death killing oaks (Phytophthora ramorum) out in california.
Rand--this is my reaction as well. The pics look like Sudden Oak Disease to me as well. A lot of nursery stock (particlulary rhododendrons) from the west coast is on quarantine to assist in limiting the spread of sudden oak death this side of the Mississippi River.
Steve Springer