Stop planting Chinese pistache! Apparently 8.1% of our urban tree canopy is Chinese pistache (Pistacea chinensis), now the most common urban tree in Chico. I have spent hundreds of hours with ...
A global study has revealed that insect invasions are being driven by the proliferation of non-native plants. This can can massively disrupt ecological processes, often leading to serious economic ...
Lanternfly females commonly lay eggs in September on their favorite host plants, the tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima). They will also lay eggs on the bark of other trees, as well as cars ...
Beyond the tree of heaven, what else can they harm? Vineyards should worry a lot. Wild grapes, commercial grapes as well, are one of the favorite host plants for them, and they can do a lot of ...
commonly known as the tree of heaven. While stepping on or squashing the invasive bugs that pose a threat to orchards and farms across the northeast has become a common way of treating the ...
While garlic mustard and Japanese stiltgrass can be pulled out of the ground, other invasive plants including tree of heaven, callery pear trees and wineberry have to be cut down and dug up.
This week I want to talk about tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), an invasive species from Asia. It has been in the news lately because it is a major host plant of the spotted lanternfly ...
The spotted lanternfly is a sap feeding plant-hopper from China ... as well as the invasive "Tree of Heaven". It can be detrimental to farmers. "We've seen a big explosion across the state ...