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Laurel Wilt Identified In Wayne County For First Time

Laurel Wilt Identified In Wayne County For First Time

The N.C. Forest Service has confirmed that laurel wilt, a devastating disease of redbay and other plants in the laurel family, has been identified in sassafras at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park in Wayne County. Sassafras, redbay, swampbay, pondberry, pondspice, and spicebush are in the laurel family and can be affected by this disease.…read more »

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