University of Illinois Extension

Pine

Selection Info:

Eastern White - moist well - drained slightly acidic soil, 50 - 150 feet tall.
Environmental conditions
Reason most die in ill.
Scotch - over planted, 30 - 90 feet tall.
Austrian - over planted, 50 - 100 feet tall.
Red - tolerates abused soils, 50- 125 feet tall.
Mugo - shrub up to 35 feet by 35 feet.

Some Common Diseases:
Sooty mold
Pine Wilt nematodes (especially Scotch)
Wood rot
Root rot
Canker
Rust
Needle diseases
Blight
Cast
Sphaeropsis (diplodia)
Tip blight (bird)
Yellowbelly
Sapsucker
Some Common Insects and Insect-related:
Zimmerman Pine Moth
Mites
Pine Sawfly
Leucanium Scale
Pine Needle Scale
Pine Bark Adelgid
Sawyer Beetles
Shoot Moths
Pine Tip Moth
Aphids