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Pests

New page July 9, 2023.

Exobasidium on Black Huckleberry
View Posts:
– Presumptive Exobasidium infestation on Black Huckleberry extends well beyond Osprey Trail area (Halifax Backlands) 5July2023
– Fruit production by Black Huckleberry on the McIntosh Run barrens reduced by mystery pest 3Jul2023

Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
– Hemlock Wooly Adelgid now in the Halifax area 11Aug2023
Post, Aug 11, 2023

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