Forest Health

Threats to Forest Health (FIGURE 1b-4) The Forest Health Priority map shows areas of North Carolina currently at a moderate to high risk of damage from insects and diseases, both native and/or established and imminent invasive threats. The specific pests used to develop this map are as follows: southern pine beetle, littleleaf disease, annosus root rot, fusiform rust, hemlock woolly adelgid, balsam woolly adelgid, beech bark disease, redbay ambrosia beetlelaurel wilt, emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, and sirex woodwasp. As the map shows, both rural and urban landscapes across the state will likely see negative impacts from these pests. Although climate change is an important factor in modeling future impacts to forest health, much of the data is very coarse and was consequently left out of this analysis. Download dataset here.森林健康威胁（图1b-4） 本森林健康优先级地图展示了北卡罗来纳州当前面临昆虫与病害（涵盖本土有害生物、已定植有害生物以及即将到来的外来入侵威胁）破坏的中至高风险区域。用于绘制该地图的具体有害生物如下：南方松甲虫、小叶病、安诺根腐病、纺锤形锈病、铁杉球蚜、冷杉球蚜、山毛榉树皮病、红月桂小蠹、月桂枯萎病、翡翠灰螟、星天牛及松树蜂。如地图所示，全州范围内的乡村与城市景观均可能受到上述有害生物的负面影响。尽管气候变化是模拟森林健康未来影响的关键因素，但大部分相关数据分辨率极低，因此未纳入本次分析。在此下载数据集。