The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid,
(Adeleges tsugae) is native to Asia where it is not a problem to native hemlocks. It was introduced to the United States in the 1920s to the Pacific Northwest, and in the early 1950s to the Washington DC and Richmond, Virginia areas. It lacks natural enemies in North America, so it has since spread throughout the eastern United States creating an extreme amount of damage to natural stands of hemlock, specifically eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana).
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Learn about this threat, what land managers are doing to address it, and how you can help.
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| The National Forests Serivce in North Carolina has published an environmental assessment evaluating how best to protect our native hemlocks from being killed by the hemlock woolly adelgid.
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