In the Midwest there's some kind of disease, I think it's a fungus, that has killed pretty well all native trees, and will kill them if you plant them. Source:

In the Midwest there's some kind of disease, I think it's a fungus, that has killed pretty well all native trees, and will kill them if you plant them. Source: the three groves we used to have, and the trees that keep dying when I plant them in my yard.