*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The extreme drought of 2012 took its toll on many trees. Some died, and many more will succumb in the next few years. But the ...

Q: I have a beautiful 10-foot-tall oak that has provided privacy with its wonderfully dense light green foliage. I enclosed a picture of a rapidly expanding bark rot-looking area that seems to be ...