Drought and Insect Defoliation in the Coastal Plains Post Oak Savannah of TX
ForWarn discovered a disturbance in East Central Texas within the coastal plains post oak savannah. Detected mostly in hardwood areas, the decline may be attributed to the 2001 drought. Based on previous data, the area of concern has had periodic decline and wilt issues. The large scale decline is associated with loss of eastern red cedar from delayed drought mortality as well as cankerworm defoliation.
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05/06/2015, Lewis, Daniel , dlewis@tfs.tamu.edu:
Thanks for the heads up on this.
What we are experiencing in this area is a large scale loss of eastern red cedar combined with a large cluster of cankerworm defoliation.
I was aware of this problem but your imagery helped me to grasp the full extent of the defoliation.
We do have an oak wilt problem but the losses your imagery details is not closely related
Once again I appreciate the information.
Daniel Lewis, CF
Staff Forester II
Cell 979-324-8416
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