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| Infected Juniper |
Forestry Commission Scotland is advising landowners and managers across Scotland to be on the alert for a plant health threat to juniper.
Phytophthora austrocedrae is a fungus like pathogen that was only recently (2007) identified in Argentina and Chile, where it is believed to have been causing disease in their native Chilean cedar since the mid-20th century. It infects the plants through their root systems, initially
