Fungal factories may save hemlock forests
...s. An aphid-like insect, the adelgid kills eastern hemlocks within a few years after infestation, feeding on t...enandoah National Park most of the famous towering hemlocks are now dead. The adelgid has ravaged parts of Kentucky, North Carolina and the Smoky Mountains. Exp...Ecological change, climate variation addressed at international conference, September 20-24
...er" that falls into the water. Declines in Eastern hemlocks are altering riparian tree community composition in eastern U.S. forests. Scientists predict losses of the trees will result in increases in rhododendron abundance, and an overall decrease in tree species diversity. Scientists John Kominoski and Ca...... native range indicate that there was a decline in hemlocks that coincided with the population explosion of the Hemlock looper moth (Lambdina fiscellaria) approximately 4800 years ago. Using the similarities from the previous decline and the current invasion, Matthew Heard (University of Georgia Athens) and...