This help sheet has been updated (April, 2008) to reflect new information and new attitudes in the plight to save our hemlocks. ~ MW Problem and hope: In 2002 the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid arrived in ...
The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) is an aphid-like insect that feeds mainly upon Hemlock tree species. HWA was introduced into the eastern United States from Japan in 1951 by the import of infected ...
The invasive insects have already killed large swaths of hemlocks in the province. If they are allowed to continue unabated, it is expected 90 per cent of all Nova Scotia hemlocks will die within ...
Most of the conifers - pines, spruces, firs, hemlocks, cedars, etc. - are evergreen in both the North and South. The needle- or scale-like leaves remain green or greenish the year round, and ...
SLELO Prism invites the community to attend a series of guided hikes to learn how to survey hemlock trees for the presence of an invasive insect called ...
Native dogwoods are dying of anthracnose. Hemlocks are being attacked by the hemlock woolly adelgid and spicebush and sassafras are suffering from laurel wilt, spread by the nonnative ambrosia beetle.
Today, park officials estimate that 95 percent of Shenandoah’s hemlocks have succumbed to the adelgid. To preserve Shenandoah’s remaining hemlocks, a handful of park employees inject insecticide into ...