Save Our Hemlocks
NATURE NOTES: 10 February 2017
By Ken Czarnomski, VP of the Blue Ridge Naturalist Network
At first glance, the magnificent Eastern (Tsuga canadenis) and Carolina hemlocks (Tsuga caroliniana) seem to be losing their ongoing fight to survive the invasive hemlock wooly adelgid (or HWA) Adelges tsugae, which feasts only on them. This aphid, less than 1/32 inch (about the size of a poppy seed), has managed to dramatically increase its rate of infestation in the last decade. Read more
