Insect Damage to Old-Growth Forest in Great Smoky Mountains (IMAGE)

North Carolina State University

Insect Damage to Old-Growth Forest in Great Smoky Mountains

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Balsam woolly adelgid, an exotic insect, has decimated old-growth stands of Fraser fir throughout the range of this southern Appalachian species, including on the summit of Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Kevin M. Potter, North Carolina State University

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