Researchers say they've discovered the best way to save flowering dogwood trees in Eastern U.S. forests from an invasive fungus: Burn the forests. The white-flowered tree, Cornus florida, was once prototypical of those forests and has inspired festivals across the East. But in recent years, its numbers have dwindled because of attack by the fungus Discula destructiva, which causes cankers to grow on the tree and its leaves to fall off. Re-establishing the dogwood could prove vital for ecosystems...
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