They are tall. They are sick. All across the woods in North Carolina, the wooly adelgid has been killing the hemlocks and spruces. I wonder how long these trees will be standing.
The hemlock woolly adelgid (/əˈdɛl.dʒɪd/;[1] Adelges tsugae), or HWA, is an insect of the order Hemiptera (true bugs) native to East Asia. It feeds by sucking sap from hemlock and spruce trees (Tsuga spp.; Picea spp.) ...In eastern North America it is a destructive pest that threatens the eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and the Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana). SOURCE: Wikipedia
Visiting Mt. Mitchell, I noted much the same sad state of many majestic trees...though the State Park says a lot of the damage is due to acid rain.
The Monte Vista today...with more of those wonderful tall evergreen trees around it.
