While it has a high understory tolerance and the ability to re-establish itself, unfortunately the hemlock is currently devastated by the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). Since the adelgid’s introduction ...

They can persist in the understory as a suppressed tree for ... reach maturity and can live more than 800 years. The oldest Eastern Hemlock is almost 1000 years old (988 years).

As trees go, the eastern hemlock is quite large ... and a denser deciduous understory. “Because we observed the strongest trends in groups associated with the shrub layer, woodland edge and ...

Hemlocks in Massachusetts are under threat because of a sap-sucking insect called the hemlock woolly adelgid ... to the woods to collect data on tree species and size, as well as understory vegetation ...

From Georgia to Maine, eastern hemlock trees are succumbing to an ... unmistakable to turkeys and deer (and hunters): a thick understory of duff, deep with shade that accentuates the black furrows ...

While it is not present in Indiana yet, it is confirmed throughout the eastern USA from northern Georgia to Maine, extending west into Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky. Since its introduction in the 1950s ...

The invasive hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) has emerged as a formidable threat to eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), a foundational species that is integral to the ecological integrity of North ...

Adventure Scientists is looking for volunteers to take part in its new Tracking Eastern Hemlock Project, a way to identify the endangered eastern hemlock trees in the area. Researchers need ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The state of Michigan has taken an extra step to protect its Eastern Hemlock trees from woolly intruders. Not mammoths–adelgid. The Michigan Department of Agriculture ...