NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets wants to track ToH trees. A mammoth undertaking, in an attempt to monitor Spotted Lanternfly mobility
Invasives report can be filled out by smartphone. Bit of a PIA site.
This kind of data can be overwhelming. Gonna be a LOT of reports
https://www.nyimapinvasives.org/calendar-of-events
(Found this post on FB)
Saw my first tree of heaven over 60 years ago…and there were no others within at least a half mile. So, they scatter by wind and other ways, and have been around a long time.
Good luck with eradication! They’ll need more than luck.
My folks called them Breath of Heaven … and not because the flowers have a particularly nice smell.
Yeah those things are like Sumac. Hard to keep them under control.
I did read somewhere that woodworks have started using them for projects due to their interesting patterns. Not sure if thats good or bad. Its nice that they are being cut down for their wood, but it would suck if people started planting them due to there quick growth rate.
Yeah that could be a mixed blessing
Those are very hard to eliminate because they spread from root. They smell a bit like popcorn when the wood gets heated. My boys have used the wood for making arrow shafts. We also used them for fence stays around our fruit trees when we had the 6 foot boxes around each tree.
Introduced by Chinese immigrants in the 1800s, probably railroad work.
Was at one time the most common landscape tree in Bisbee, AZ.
Many U.S. cities in recent times have conducted eradication programs for this species.
Two large mature trees were removed from just off two corners of our urban property (including stump grinding) about a dozen years ago. Nothing resprouted.
Near impossible to eliminate i think
Ty for info. Didnt know how it got here
