Examining the inner bark of an infected pine tree reveals the signature S-shaped egg galleries of the Southern Pine Beetle
Cool Ways to Spend
Fall Days.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2
PPA: An Ally in
the Pines.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
3
31 Ways to...
Plus
Examining the inner bark of an infected pine tree reveals the signature S-shaped egg galleries of the Southern Pine Beetle
Cool Ways to Spend
Fall Days.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2
PPA: An Ally in
the Pines.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
3
31 Ways to Celebrate
the Pinelands.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
4
PPA
MEMBERandum.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
6
Pinelands
Calendar.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
7
S o u t h e r n P i n e B e e t l e : A M o r e
H o l i s t i c A p p r o a c h t o M a n a g e m e n t
Native to the southeastern U.
S.
, the
Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) has disturbed pine forest ecosystems for many
decades.
Though the SPB population
fluctuates over time and has resulted in
the mortality of thousands of pine trees,
it has historically been a consistent participant in southeastern pine forest
dynamics.
Pine forests actually depend
on disturbance for their survival.
In fact,
scientists have suggested that the interaction between SPB and wildfires naturally maintained forest structure an
Moins
