Laurel Wilt Disease Associated with Redbay Ambrosia Beetle
Laurel Wilt disease in Redbay. (L) Toothpick-like frass tubes extruded by ambrosia beetles boring into the wood. (C) Large Redbay trees killed by Laurel Wilt, rotting, and falling to the…
Heterobasidion Root Disease (formally Annosum Root Disease) in Georgia
HRD Leaning Tree – USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Many Georgia landowners with property along, or south of, the fall line (running from Augusta to Columbus) are noticing dead and dying…
Sirex Woodwasp in Georgia
A non-native woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, was detected in New York (NY) in 2005 and likely entered a port via solid wood packing material in cargo. This insect is native to…
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
Updated September 26, 2023 David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org photo credit The emerald ash borer (EAB) is an exotic insect that belongs to a group of metallic wood-boring beetles….
Cogongrass in Georgia
Click here to view the latest video on Cogongrass! Cogongrass, Imperata cylindrica (L.), is considered the seventh worst weed in the world and is listed as a federal noxious weed…
Carbon Sequestration
Forests have the capacity to both store and emit carbon. Through the process of photosynthesis, trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and store carbon in the stem, roots,…
Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests
…amount of hard work happening quietly and mostly unnoticed. Without fanfare, forests keep our air clean. They filter our water. They absorb carbon dioxide. They help control erosion. And they…
BREEZING INTO SUMMERTIME
…state’s 24 million acres of forestland provide. Trees can be likened to human lungs. They “inhale” and “exhale,” and when they do, they’re absorbing gaseous molecules in the air and…
Special Committee Tackles Carbon Credit Tracking in Georgia
…the voluntary Registry. The technical committee was created by legislative action that amended the Registry, developed in 2004, to calculate the amount of carbon being absorbed by the state’s forestland….
Leaf Watch Report for November 11th, 2021
…lower elevations. Red is driven by environmental factors, primarily, and is most expressed when a healthy, vigorous tree, leaves excess sugar trapped in the leaf as it is abscised from…
