Beech Bleeding Canker
**This organism is not known to be present in the United States but poses a threat. Beech bleeding canker, a disease caused by the fungus-like Phytophthora kernoviae, is not known to be in the United States but may pose a serious risk to US plants should it be introduced. Rhododendrons and European beech are the primary disease hosts, but several other species of tree, shrub, and ornamental plant may be impacted or killed by this disease.
USDA surveys for this disease, and members of the Sentinel Plant Network support early detection efforts by monitoring for symptoms on potential host