Current Threats to Forest Health

Emerald Ash Borer in RI

Status: Exotic
Mostly Affects: All species of Ash

Additional Resources:

• USDA APHIS EAB Information, maps, regulations, etc.
• USDA APHIS “Leave Hungry Pests Behind”

Spongy Moth in Rhode Island

Status: Exotic
Mostly Affects: Oaks, other hardwoods

Additional Resources:

• USDA APHIS Spongy Moth Information
• USDA Forest Service “Pest Alert”
• USDA National Spongy Moth Management Program

Status: Exotic
Mostly Affects: Maples

Additional Resources:

• NH Bugs: Winter Moth

Spotted Lanternfly in Rhode Island

Status: Exotic
Mostly Affects: Ailanthus, fruit trees, grape vines

Additional Resources:

• USDA APHIS “Leave Hungry Pests Behind"
• Northeastern IPM Center

Status: Exotic
Mostly Affects: Hemlock

Additional Resources:

• Save the Hemlocks
• NH Bugs: HWA

Status: Native
Mostly Affects: Hard pines (Pitch pine), Others

Additional Resources:

• USDA Forest Service Southern Pine Beetle
• Invasive Species Center

Status: Exotic
Mostly Affects: Maples

Additional Resources:

• USDA APHIS Asian Longhorned Beetle Information
• USDA APHIS “Leave Hungry Pests Behind”

Status: Native
Mostly Affects: All Oak

Additional Resources:

• Gall Wasps – Wikipedia
• Penn State Extension: Galls on Oaks

Mostly Affects: all American Beech

Additional Resources:

• Ohio DNR
• USDA Forest Service "Pest Alert"
• Beech Leaf Disease Treatment Development

Mostly Affects: American Beech

Additional Resources:

• National Invasive Species Information Center
• Beech Bark Disease

Mostly Affects: Colorado Blue, other Spruces & Firs

Additional Resources:

• UMass Extension: Rhizophaera Needle Cast

Mostly Affects: Eastern White Pine

Additional Resources:

• Monitoring Eastern White Pine Decline and its Causes

Mostly Affects: Eastern White Pine

Additional Resources:

• White Pine Blister Rust
• USDA Forest Service White Pine Blister Rust General Ecology and Management

Mostly Affects: Oaks, Laurels

Additional Resources:

• USDA APHIS Sudden Oak Death
• National Invasive Species Information Center