<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please see Faith's message below and spread the word (not the invader).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Jil</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Faith Campbell </span><span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:phytodoer@aol.com">phytodoer@aol.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 4:52 PM<br>Subject: <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">P</span>lease <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">H</span>elp<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">! W</span>e need people looking for these pests<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">!</span><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If you are in the woods – be on the lookout for symptoms of tree-killing pests! New <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">and spreading </span>invaders in the Mid-Atlantic<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> region:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>1<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">.</span> </b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>B</b></span><b>eech </b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-weight:bold;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">L</span>eaf <span class="gmail_default" style="font-weight:bold;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">D</span><b>isease</b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>. </b>R</span>ecently detected in Prince William Forest Park in Prince William County, Virginia<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> and p</span>reviously detected in northern West Virginia.<span> </span>Information on symptoms and how to report <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">it are </span>available at<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">:</span> <br><span><a href="https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/getmedia/43ff63dc-c2d4-421f-97e5-00d9d7e74425/2020NR02_Tree-Health-Survey-User-Manual.pdf.ashx" target="_blank">https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/getmedia/43ff63dc-c2d4-421f-97e5-00d9d7e74425/2020NR02_Tree-Health-Survey-User-Manual.pdf.ashx</a></span><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>2<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">.</span> </b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>S</b></span><b>potted <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">L</span>anternfly<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">. </span></b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">P</span>resent in Prince William County<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> (s</span>ee map at <span><a href="https://nysipm.cornell.edu/environment/invasive-species-exotic-pests/spotted-lanternfly/" target="_blank">https://nysipm.cornell.edu/environment/invasive-species-exotic-pests/spotted-lanternfly/</a><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">)</span></span> as well as in the apple-producing counties of the northern Shenandoah Valley (Virginia and West Virginia)<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> and </span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">t</span>hreatening the growing wine region of Loudoun County. Information on symptoms and how to report <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">it:</span> <span><a href="https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/plant-industry-services.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/plant-industry-services.shtml</a></span> [<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">S</span>croll down below section on unsolicited seeds]</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>3. Laurel Wilt Disease</b>. </span>Right on the edge of the Mid-Atlantic region<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> is</span> laurel wilt disease on sassafras. This insect/pathogen complex has killed 90% of redbay in the southeast; it is now spreading on sassafras. It has been detected in Sullivan County, Tennessee (across border from Lee, Scott, or Washington counties, Virginia). It is also present in northern Kentucky and Johnson and Wayne counties in North Carolina. For symptoms on sassafras, go to <span><a href="https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/sites/forestry.ca.uky.edu/files/forfs20-01laurel_wilt_factsheet.pdf" target="_blank">https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/sites/forestry.ca.uky.edu/files/forfs20-01laurel_wilt_factsheet.pdf</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If you find suspicious trees, report them to Virginia Department of Forestry at <span><a href="https://dof.virginia.gov/" target="_blank">https://dof.virginia.gov/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><b>4.</b> <b>Elm Zigzag Fly.</b> </span>A pest already introduced to Virginia is the elm zigzag sawfly, <em>Aproceros leucopoda</em>. The larvae were collected from Chinese elm, but elm zigzag sawfly is also known to feed on American elm, English elm, Siberia elm and several other elm species. The insect has previously been known to be present in Canada. See the announcement (with helpful pictures of symptoms) at <span><span style="text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.growertalks.com/Newsletters/View/?article=3500" target="_blank">https://www.growertalks.com/Newsletters/View/?article=3500</a></span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is i</span>Information <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">is </span>provided by Faith Campbell, <a href="mailto:phytodoer@aol.com" target="_blank" style="">phytodoer@aol.com</a>; more information on tree-killing pests is posted at <a href="http://www.cisp.us" target="_blank" style="">www.cisp.us</a></font></p>
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