Hi everyone, I found this site searching on google. I really need some advice about what to do with a large pine tree in my yard. I believe it's been having brown pine needles for about 2 years.. it may have had a small section green last year before winter, but right now it's totally brown. There is another pine tree near by and it's healthy and we have quite a few of them in our back yard and they all seem healthy. Next to this large pine tree are 2 dogwoods and they are in good shape and some other bushes etc. I peeled back some bark so you could see inside, I hope the photos are good enough for you all to see .. there are also some small pine cones as well throughout the tree. Please let me know if it's dead, or if there is something I could do to bring it back to life :-) your help would be greatly appreciated. Anthony
Yep, dead. Probably Mountain Pine Pinus mugo, a close-up of a cone would help confirm. The cause of death might have been pine wilt disease: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_hfrr/extensn/problems/pinewilt.htm
