National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: When Forests Come Down with a Bug: Forest Pests in the Greater DC Area
Matthews E, Schmit J, Nortrup M, Harkness H, National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring. 2024. National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: When Forests Come Down with a Bug: Forest Pests in the Greater DC Area. National Park Service
Beech leaf disease, emerald ash borer, spotted lanternfly, spongy moth, oak decline and oak wilt are all pests present in National Capital Region (NCR) park forests. Learn about their effects and spread based on NCR Inventory & Monitoring data (2006-2023), and get the heads up on elm zigzag sawfly and beech bark disease.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Matthews, Elizabeth; Schmit, John Paul; Nortrup, Megan; Harkness, Hannah; National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
- Date of Issue
- 2024-02
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ANTI , BAWA , CATO , CHOH , GREE , GWMP , HAFE , MANA , MONO , NACE , NCR , NCRN , PISC , PRWI , ROCR , WOTR
- Keywords
- Agrilus planipennis, ANTI, Antietam National Battlefield, Aproceros leucopoda, ash, beech bark disease, beech leaf disease, CATO, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, CHOH, EAB, eastern deciduous forest, elm zigzag sawfly, emerald ash borer, fagus grandifolia, Forest Brief, forest pest, Forest Vegetation, Fraxinus, George Washington Memorial Parkway, GREE, green ash, Greenbelt, GWMP, HAFE, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, Lycorma delicatula, Lymantria dispar, MANA, Manasass National Battlefield Park, MONO, Monocacy National Battlefield, NACE, National Capital Parks - East, National Capital Region, National Capital Region Network, NCR, NCRN, oak decline, oak wilt, overbrowsing, PISC, Piscataway, Prince William Forest Park, PRWI, pumpkin ash, Rock Creek Park, ROCR, snags, spongy moth, spotted lanternfly, swamp, Trees, Understory, wetland, white ash, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, WOTR