[Rhodes22-list] Joyce and the Woolly Adelgid

[TN Rhodey]

Ed,

Yes sir a truly beautiful forest. I love the area. There are parts of the 
Smoky's in real trouble. Plenty of dead trees especially at higher 
altitudes.  Maybe it will be replaced by a nice kudzu forest.

Most of these pests (like kuzu) are imported from other countries. Nasty 
things like snake head fish, zebra mussels, asian carp, Hong Kong flu, 
Montazuma's revenge, German measles. and so on. Do any of our bugs/pests 
wind up screwing up other countries health or environments? :-)

Wally


>From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Joyce and the Woolly Adelgid
>Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:15:15 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>               The following is another informational post about loosing a
>natural wonder in the southern Appalachian Mountains.  There is a bug named
>the Woolly Adelgid that is killing the Eastern Hemlock trees.  This bug is
>doing to the Hemlocks what another bug did to the Chestnut trees 50 to 75
>years ago.  Simply it is killing them.
>
>	In the southern Appalachian Mountains there is a stand of Hemlocks worthy
>of attention.  In the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forrest in the Nantahala
>National Forest of North Carolina there is a very unique stand of trees.
>This stand of trees consist of Hemlocks and Yellow Poplars.  This stand
>rivals the Sequoia trees in California in size.  If you have never seen 
>this
>stand, your opportunity is now limited.
>
>	The Hemlocks at Joyce Kilmer are being attacked by the woolly Adelgid.
>There is no sure cure against this bug.  Once the trees are infested they
>usually die in 4 to 5 years.  So you have less than 5 years to see this
>magnificent forrest.
>
>See:
>
>http://hikingthecarolinas.com/toppage3.php
>
>http://www.main.nc.us/graham/hiking/joycekil.html
>
>http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA
>
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