Some years ago, one of the faculty in the Biology Department noticed that fewer seedlings and saplings of broadleaved woody species seemed to grow beneath the canopies of Eastern Hemlock trees than ...

This tiny parasite spreads across the forest by hitch-hiking on birds. HWA use sucking mouthparts to pierce through the base of the hemlock needles into the parenchyma cells (nutrient transport cells) ...

In this guided inquiry, students investigate hypothesized inhibitory effects of Eastern Hemlock trees on the establishment of neighboring woody plants. First, students travel to the study area (Hope ...

Hemlock trees serve an important role in preserving waterways and species that live there. An invasive insect is threatening one of the signature conifers of New York’s forests, but you can help do ...

However, logging removes the wood from the forest, thus removing nutrients and preventing the removed trees from becoming nurse logs. For this reason, it fundamentally alters the succession and ...

Robert Fuller’s head (professor and Environmental Leadership Center director). The instructor of the class, Mark Warren, owner of the Medicine Bow outdoor school, was expressing the value of hemlock ...

a way to identify the endangered eastern hemlock trees in the area. Researchers need outdoor enthusiasts to help find the residual healthy hemlock trees in a faltering population. Currently ...

It's harmful to our native eastern hemlock trees. Some experts say this colder winter could impact them. Hemlock woolly adelgid was first spotted in Michigan in 2006. Ever since, this insect has ...