How to Manage Pests

Pests in Gardens and Landscapes

Landscape Trees and Shrubs Resistant to Verticillium Wilt*
Common nameGenus or species
apple and crabapple1 Malus
arborvitae Thuja
beech Fagus
birch Betula
box and boxwood Buxus
California bay Umbellularia californica
cedar Thuja
citrus Citrus
dogwood

Cornus

eucalyptus

Eucalyptus

fig, edible Ficus carica
fir Abies
hawthorn

Crataegus

holly Ilex
honey locust Gleditsia
hornbeam

Carpinus

katsura tree

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

linden Tilia
manzanita Arctostaphylos
mountain ash, European Sorbus aucupari
mulberry Morus
oak

Quercus

oleander

Nerium oleander

palms

All genera

pear1

Pyrus

pine Pinus
pyracantha

Pyracantha

spruce

Picea

sweet gum

Liquidambar styraciflua

sycamore and plane tree

Platanus

walnut

Juglans

willow

Salix


This list provides a guideline only; there is no guarantee that these plants will not be affected. New pathogen strains develop or are introduced. Disease incidence is greatly influenced by cultural care and environmental conditions. See Verticillium wilt—Verticillium dahliae for more information.

1 Apple, pear, and quince are susceptible to European strains of Verticillium albo-atrum not reported in California.

Adapted from Farr DF, Bills GF, Chamuris GP, Rossman AY. 1989. Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States. American Phytopathological Society. St. Paul, MN; McCain AH, Raabe RD, Wilhelm S. 1981. Plants Resistant or Susceptible to Verticillium Wilt (PDF). UC ANR Publ. 2703. Oakland, CA.


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