News tagged with hemlocks
Study offers hope for hemlock attack
Thousands of broken trees line the banks of the Chattooga River. The dead gray stabs were once evergreen monsters offering shade to trout and picturesque views to visitors. These Eastern hemlocks are dying rapidly, and University ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Hemlocks still abundant despite adelgid infestations
A recent analysis of two decades of USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data shows the live volume of hemlocks in the eastern United States still increasing despite spreading infestations ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Forest fungus factory: New technology fights hemlock pest
An invasive insect, hemlock woolly adelgid, has been marching north along the Appalachians, killing almost every hemlock tree in its path. The adelgid has devastated forests in Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. The pest recently ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Decline of northern flying squirrel symptom of ailing ecosystem
(PhysOrg.com) -- Northern flying squirrels are rapidly disappearing from Pennsylvania forests. Southern flying squirrels are taking over.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Potential hemlock hybrids tolerant to invasive hemlock woolly adelgid
New hemlock hybrids that are tolerant to the invasive insect known as hemlock woolly adelgid have been created by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Cornell releases predator beetle to battle hemlock pest
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers released a well-studied beetle predator to test its ability to ward off a hemlock-killing aphid-like insect.
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Study finds hemlock trees dying rapidly, affecting forest carbon cycle
New research by U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists and partners suggests the hemlock woolly adelgid is killing hemlock trees faster than expected in the southern Appalachians and rapidly altering ...
Feb 26, 2009 |
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