How To Use adelgid In A Sentence
- These high elevation communities are naturally subject to increased atmospheric moisture, cooler temperatures, and higher winds, but also now suffer from the effects of acid rain deposition, which tend to be exacerbated in high elevation communities, and from the depredations of an introduced homopteran insect, the wooly adelgid (Adelges spp.). Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
- The spruce-fir forests have been affected by the balsam wooly adelgid, a non-native insect that kills mature Fraser firs, and some forest growth declines are possibly linked to air pollutants. Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA)
- These high elevation communities are naturally subject to increased atmospheric moisture, cooler temperatures, and higher winds, but also now suffer from the effects of acid rain deposition, which tend to be exacerbated in high elevation communities, and from the depredations of an introduced homopteran insect, the wooly adelgid (Adelges spp.). Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
- The hemlock woolly adelgid, an insect introduced from Asia in 1924, is killing eastern hemlocks throughout the eastern United States. Beyond Old Growth~ Chapter 5
- For example, when hemlocks are completely infested with woolly adelgid, homeowners should get rid of the plant so they don't have to continually spray. Prime time to tame overgrown lawns
- The balsam woolly adelgid, which sucks the sap from Fraser firs, has no natural predators here, either. Aliens Invade America!
- And hemlocks are being killed by an organism called woolly adelgid, not woody adelgid. Environment: Troubled Time for Trees
- Just two pests — hemlock woolly adelgid and Asian long-horned beetle — could virtually destroy old-growth hemlock-hardwood forests in wilderness areas, creating an abundance of fuel and coarse woody debris. Beyond Old Growth~ Chapter 5
- You can see patches of dead hemlocks, probably killed by the wooly adelgid, which is infesting so many of our forests. The Killing Hour
- The introduction of the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana), hemlock wooly adelgid (Adelges tsugae), balsam wooly-adelgid (A. piceae), as well as dogwood anthracnost fungi is altering the forest composition and habitat composition. Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
