With the recent news that conifers in Indiana are struggling to survive the effects of drought, and may be at risk for the next five years or so, arborists, landscape professionals, municipalities and homeowners are on the alert for signs of stress. Further south, nearly all of Texas is in a state of drought, with conditions in the vast majority of acreage deemed by the U.S. Drought Monitor to be "severe" to "exceptional." That's as bad as it gets. It's been predicted that Houston stands to lose millions of trees unless the area receives significant precipitation, but the current drought is already the third worst in the state's history.
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