Gypsy Moth In North America
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Evaluation of Forest Susceptibility to the Gypsy Moth across the Coterminous United States
Table 2
Top 20 preferred tree species in the sample area ranked on total basal area. Here are maps showing the distribution (ba/ac) of the 20 most common gypsy moth host trees.
| Common Name | Genus | Species | Total BA (100,000,000 ft2/ac) |
| white oak | Quercus | alba | 14.3 |
| sweetgum | Liquidambar | styraciflua | 11.6 |
| quaking aspen | Populus | tremuloides | 10.1 |
| northern red oak | Quercus | rubra | 9.62 |
| black oak | Quercus | velutina | 7.31 |
| chestnut oak | Quercus | prinus | 6.84 |
| post oak | Quercus | stellata | 5.47 |
| water oak | Quercus | nigra | 4.34 |
| paper birch | Betula | papyrifera | 3.81 |
| southern red oak | Quercus | falcata | 3.75 |
| scarlet oak | Quercus | coccinea | 3.31 |
| American basswood | Tilia | americana | 2.41 |
| western larch | Larix | occidentalis | 2.4 |
| laurel oak | Quercus | laurifolia | 1.94 |
| bigtooth aspen | Populus | grandidentata | 1.9 |
| tanoak | Lithocarpus | densiflorus | 1.64 |
| willow oak | Quercus | phellos | 1.49 |
| California red oak | Quercus | kelloggii | 1.45 |
| eastern hophornbeam | Ostrya | virginiana | 1.26 |
| canyon live oak | Quercus | chrysolepis | 1.14 |
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Last modified 10-29-03 by Sandy Liebhold
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