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Pears on the Loose!

April 12, 2023 By MIPN Coordinator

Callery pear forms thickets in disturbed areas and sometimes in higher quality habitats, which are readily identifiable in spring by their white flowers (Photo: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program )

Pears on the Loose! For many people, the flowering of pear trees in our front yards and along the highways signals the beginning of Spring. In years past, these trees (known as the Callery pear, Pyrus calleryana) burst into bloom in the first few weeks of March. This display is shortly followed by the buzzing […]

Filed Under: Regulation, Woody Invasive Species Tagged With: Bradford, Callery, invasive, invasive ecology, management, Midwest, pear, regulation, woody

Examining the Relationship between Spotted Lanternfly and Tree-of-Heaven

July 1, 2020 By WIGL

Tree-of-heaven suckers grow in a riparian area in Northeast Illinois.

The invasive pest spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) likely arrived in the United States as an egg mass hitchhiking on building stone imported from Asia to Southeastern Pennsylvania. The pest was discovered in 2014 when a forester observed adult lanternflies massing on the trunks of tree-of-heaven close to building stone company’s lot. Tree-of-heaven is itself an invasive import […]

Filed Under: Regulation, Woody Invasive Species Tagged With: Ailanthus altissima, impacts, species interactions, Tree-of-heaven

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About WIGL

The Woody Invasives of the Great Lakes (WIGL) Collaborative brings interested partners together to consolidate information on woody invasive plant species.

About WIGL

The Woody Invasives of the Great Lakes (WIGL) Collaborative brings interested partners together to consolidate information on woody invasive plant species. The WIGL Collaborative is coordinated by the Midwest Invasive Plant Network.

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