And it spreads: Laurel wilt moving across Eastern North Carolina

Posted by on Jan 27, 2016 @ 1:02 pm in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: January 27, 2016

Laurel wilt is a devastating non-native disease of redbay trees and other plants in the laurel family in the southeastern U.S. Native to Southeast Asia, it was first detected near Savannah, Ga., in the early 2000s and has since spread to eight additional Southern states. It has already killed an estimated half a billion trees since its introduction to the U.S. Laurel...

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