triadicae were found in Florida in 2008 feeding on tallow trees planted to support biological control efforts of this invasive weed (Davis et al.
All sites were infested with tallow trees that had been present for more than 20 yr.
Chinese tallow is an exotic, invasive species that has expanded along the Texas coastal and prairie regions during the past several decades, converting natural habitat into monotypic stands of tallow trees (Conway et al., 2002; Burns and Miller, 2004).
White-winged doves appeared to employ two methods to attain the seeds from Chinese tallow trees. Most commonly, they would perch atop a branch using their tail for balance.
Three Chinese tallow trees, with diameters at breast height (DBH) ranging from 10.1 to 11.5 in, were randomly selected from a mixed hardwood forest in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
Chinese tallow tree is a noxious, invasive plant in the Southeastern United States.
Ripe, mature, undamaged Chinese tallow seeds, not whole fruits, were collected along the mid-Texas coast during September, October and November 1995 from randomly selected tallow trees (n = 15).
Factors affecting the biological invasion of the exotic Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum) in the Gulf coast prairie of Texas.
While water may disperse seeds in flooded areas,
tallow trees are common to many upland sites.
He's no Martin Luther King Jr., but Stanley Mason is something of a visionary--in the field of Chinese
tallow trees, that is.
They include "Aptos Blue' redwoods, deodar cedars, Chinese
tallow trees, and tree and shrub crape myrtles, as well as a stand of existing oaks along the back.
(2005) studied the effect of sample location (vertical and horizontal) within three Chinese
tallow trees on wood specific gravity (SG).