Hi! We have this tree in our backyard that has always struggled and looks pretty sickly. Any idea how I can help it out? Also any idea what species it is? 😂 We're located in Florida. The leaf in the last two pictures was pulled off the tree right before I took the photo.
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Sort of looks like Ozone damage imo; also species looks like sweetgum
It’s deciduous.
The loss of chlorophyll from stippling is a result of an insect and/or mite that has a piercing/sucking mouthpart. Can’t see a life cycle so I can’t tell you which is the culprit.
Its just Autumn,time for trees to go to beddie -byes now
I second a lot of these comments. Looks like mites to me. Which are common on deciduous trees during times of drought stress. Hire an arborist.
This looks similar to lacebug damage to me. Mite stippling has always appeared more fine than this. Google lacebug damage and lacebugs. They feed on the back side of the leaf and are pretty tiny.
Liquidambar styraciflua, its leaves are supposed to turn a beautiful red in autumn and not discolor like these, which is probably due to fungi
A copper-based foliar preparation should already do him some good even if I can’t see what exact fungus he might have caught.