Tag: Tallowtree

Invasive Tallowtree Widespread in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Gulf Coast

by Maureen Stuart, SRS Science Delivery Group  • 
Nonnative, invasive plant species pose a threat to forest resources throughout the South. Increasingly, nonnative plants infiltrate landscapes, eroding and replacing native plant communities. This can have irreversible and degrading effects on critical, human-sustaining ecosystems. Tallowtree (Triadica sebifera) is one of the most pervasive exotic tree species in the South and is known to replace entire stands…  More 

Ramped Up Risk for Frogs When Chinese Tallow Interacts with Climate Change

by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Delivery Group  • 
The timing of mating and egg-laying in many amphibians is directly related to temperature. Due to climate change, spring warming comes sooner in many areas, and a new study led by U.S. Forest Service researcher Daniel Saenz suggests that the changed timing of breeding could cause native amphibians such as the southern leopard frog and…  More