Here is an update from Jennifer at the Lake Wales Ridge State Forest:
I just wanted to get the word out that laurel wilt has now been confirmed to infect silk bay (Persea humilis, FL scrub endemic). It has been confirmed in Highlands county (see link) and on the Seminole SF and last week I believe I found one infected tree on the Arbuckle Tract of the Lake Wales Ridge SF. It has not been positively confirmed on the LWRSF yet but the dying silk bay had beetle bore holes in the trunk, black streaks when the bark was peeled back, and was very close in proximity to infected red bays. Samples were sent to Gainesville for testing. Could you please send an email out to the CISMA so people know laurel wilt is infecting silk bay.
http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PDIS-02-12-0149-PDN
- Jennifer
Jennifer Navarra
Plant Ecologist
Florida Forest Service
Lake Wales Ridge State Forest
851 County Road 630 East
Frostproof, FL 33843
Telephone: 863/ 635-7801, ext. 102
Email: jennifer.navarra@freshfromflorida.com
Cheryl Millett
Biologist
cmillett@tnc.org
(863) 635-7506, ext. 205 (Office)
(863) 604-3352 (Cell)
(863) 635-6456 (Fax)
nature.org The Nature Conservancy
LWR Office
P. O. Box 630
Babson Park, FL 33827-0630
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