Tanoak is a common species, although sudden oak death is putting pressure on it.

The tree is a host of the pathogen that causes sudden oak death.

One point of consensus among experts is that the epithet "sudden oak death" is misleading.

Coffeeberry is susceptible to the fungus which causes sudden oak death.

Sudden oak death was just observed seven years ago.

But they fear that after the next really wet winter, sudden oak death will flare up and fan out even more aggressively.

Sudden oak death is caused by the oomycete Phytophthora ramorum.

The fungus that causes sudden oak death in California and Oregon is another potential threat.

One study used this approach to investigate the effects of sudden oak death on the structural characteristics of redwood forests.

Several options exist for landowners who want to treat to limit the impacts of sudden oak death on their properties.