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Table 2 Impact of polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), Euwallacea whitfordiodendrus, and Kuroshio shot hole borer (KSHB), E. kuroshio, assessed as rates of infestation, stem injury, and tree mortality of tree species surveyed in southern California, USA (A), southwestern China (B), and northwestern Vietnam (C)

From: Hardwood injury and mortality associated with two shot hole borers, Euwallacea spp., in the invaded region of southern California, USA, and the native region of Southeast Asia

Region

Tree species

Injury agent

n a

DBH (± s.e.) (cm)

Infestation rate (%)

Stem injury rating (%)

Tree mortality (%)

0

1

2

3

 

A

Tree of heaven, Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingleb

PSHB

4

12.0 (± 0.81)

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

100

50.0

Boxelder maple, Acer negundo L.

PSHB

187

12.9 (± .026)

92.5

7.49

5.35

5.35

81.8

26.7

Castorbean, Ricinus communis L.

PSHB

34

7.05 (± 0.46)

71.4

28.6

10.7

3.57

57.1

21.4

Bigleaf maple, Acer macrophyllum Pursh

PSHB

63

24.0 (± 0.87)

73.0

27.0

22.2

4.76

46.0

20.6

Arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis Benth.

PSHB

84

20.4 (± 0.36)

83.3

16.7

66.7

8.33

8.33

16.7

Red willow, Salix laevigata Benth.

PSHB

335

13.1 (± 0.24)

80.1

19.8

17.2

16.6

46.4

15.9

Goodding’s black willow, Salix gooddingii C.R. Ball

PSHB

104

19.6 (± 0.36)

77.3

22.7

47.0

10.6

19.7

7.58

Fremont cottonwood, Populus fremontii S. Watson

PSHB

329

27.7 (± 0.36)

56.2

43.8

42.7

3.37

10.1

5.62

London plane, Platanus x acerifolia (Alton) Willd.

PSHB

361

33.0 (± 0.33)

84.8

15.2

52.1

14.7

14.1

5.54

California bay laurel, Umbellaria californica (Hook. & Am.) Nutt.

PSHB

29

15.1 (± 0.75)

10.3

89.7

10.3

0.00

0.00

3.45

Western sycamore, Platanus racemosa Nutt.

PSHB

1135

34.0 (± 0.23)

80.0

20.2

35.8

18.1

25.9

2.59

White alder, Alnus rhombifolia Nutt.

PSHB

378

28.2 (± 0.35)

41.7

58.3

29.2

5.95

6.55

0.60

Avocado, Persea americana Mill.

PSHB

128

25.6 (± 0.66)

91.4

66.7

84.4

7.03

0.00

0.00

American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis L.

PSHB

6

43.2 (± 2.99)

50.0

16.7

16.7

16.7

0.00

0.00

Engelmann oak, Quercus engelmannii Greeneb

PSHB

2

49.4 (± 8.85)

50.0

50.0

0.00

0.00

50.0

0.00

Hickory, Carya spp. Nutt.

PSHB

11

15.7 (± 0.78)

45.5

54.6

36.4

9.09

0.00

0.00

Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra ‘Italica’ L.

PSHB

10

1.14 (± 0.35)

40.0

60.0

40.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

Blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC.

PSHB

36

18.9 (± 0.97)

36.7

63.3

36.7

0.00

0.00

0.00

Velvet ash, Fraxinus velutina Torr.

PSHB

54

19.4 (± 0.70)

28.6

71.4

26.2

2.38

0.00

0.00

American sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua L.

PSHB

51

30.5 (± 0.40)

25.5

74.5

19.6

3.92

1.96

0.00

Southern California black walnut, Juglans californica S. Wats.

PSHB

43

20.2 (± 0.91)

23.5

76.5

20.6

0.00

2.94

0.00

Evergreen ash, Fraxinus uhdei (Wenz.) Lingl.

PSHB

232

35.9 (± 0.69)

23.0

77.0

12.9

4.32

5.76

0.00

Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia Nee

PSHB

649

48.4 (± 0.39)

22.8

77.2

18.3

2.42

2.08

0.00

Canyon live oak, Quercus chrysolepis Liebm.

PSHB

32

42.9 (± 1.66)

14.3

85.7

14.3

0.00

0.00

0.00

Holly oak, Quercus ilex L.

PSHB

8

28.3 (± 2.35)

12.5

87.5

12.5

0.00

0.00

0.00

White mulberry, Morus alba L.

PSHB

90

37.2 (± 0.84)

10.5

89.5

10.5

0.00

0.00

0.00

Pepper tree, Schinus molle L.

PSHB

61

60.8 (± 1.70)

4.92

95.1

4.92

0.00

0.00

0.00

Chinese elm, Ulmus parvifolia Jacq.

PSHB

49

33.8 (± 0.77)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Live oak, Quercus virginiana Mill.b

PSHB

1

16.5

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Peach, Prunus sp. L.b

PSHB

3

6.52 (± 0.50)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Silver maple, Acer saccharinum L.b

PSHB

3

54.1 (± 6.95)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Southern magnolia, Magnolia grandifolia L.

PSHB

7

31.9 (± 0.48)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

California black oak, Quercus kelloggii Newb.b

PSHB

1

14.5

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Gum tree, Eucalyptus sp. L’Hér.

PSHB

5

23.3 (± 0.64)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Narrowleaf willow, Salix exigua L.

PSHB

10

14.7 (± 0.13)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Fremont cottonwood, Populus fremontii S. Watson

KSHB

91

18.9 (± 0.47)

46.2

53.9

13.6

9.62

23.1

9.62

Goodding’s black willow, Salix gooddingii C.R. Ball

KSHB

35

24.9 (± 0.60)

81.0

19.1

9.52

28.6

42.9

9.52

Arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis Benth.

KSHB

326

18.1 (± 0.16)

72.1

27.4

11.8

8.10

52.7

8.10

London plane, Platanus x acerifolia (Alton) Willd.

KSHB

47

24.3 (± 0.66)

74.5

25.53

38.3

12.8

23.4

4.26

Western sycamore, Platanus racemosa Nutt.

KSHB

230

21.4 (± 0.40)

78.9

22.8

14.0

19.3

43.9

3.51

White alder, Alnus rhombifolia Nutt.b

KSHB

2

27.4 (± 1.20)

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

100

0.00

Golden medallion, Cassia leptophylla Vogel

KSHB

20

15.8 (± 0.51)

95.0

5.00

10.0

5.00

80.0

0.00

Castorbean, Ricinus communis L.

KSHB

7

11.9 (± 0.42)

60.0

40.0

0.00

0.00

60.0

0.00

Southern California black walnut, Juglans californica S. Wats.

KSHB

9

23.9 (± 0.77)

33.3

66.7

33.3

0.00

0.00

0.00

Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia Née

KSHB

67

43.6 (± 1.19)

33.3

66.7

33.3

0.00

0.00

0.00

Southern magnolia, Magnolia grandifolia L.

KSHB

11

18.1 (± 0.55)

9.09

90.9

0.00

9.09

0.00

0.00

African sumac, Searsia lancea (L.f.) F.A. Barkley

KSHB

18

22.9 (± 0.55)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

American sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua L.

KSHB

11

16.8 (± 0.70)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Chinese wingnut, Pterocarya stenoptera C. DC.

KSHB

5

37.2 (± 6.80)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC.

KSHB

38

8.83 (± 0.29)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Engelmann oak, Quercus engelmannii Greene

KSHB

5

29.1 (± 1.54)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Gum tree, Eucalyptus spp. L’Hér.b

KSHB

2

23.6 (± 0.80)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Evergreen ash, Fraxinus uhdei (Wenz.) Lingl.

KSHB

8

8.48 (± 0.80)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Moreton bay fig, Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers.b

KSHB

1

48.8

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Narrowleaf willow, Salix exigua. L.

KSHB

146

11.1 (± 0.18)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Red willow, Salix laevigata Benth.

KSHB

30

9.32 (± 0.31)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

B

Wisteria sp. Nutt.

PSHB

1

5.84

100

100

0.00

0.00

100

100

Chinese banyan, Ficus microcarpa L.f.b

PSHB

2

13.2 (± 1.27)

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

100

0.00

Trident maple, Acer buergerianum Miq.

PSHB

45

24.7 (± 1.58)

55.8

40.0

26.7

2.20

31.1

0.00

Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis L.

PSHB

47

48.1 (± 2.08)

57.5

42.6

19.1

4.20

34.0

0.00

Japanese maple, Acer palmatum Thunb.

PSHB

10

2.69 (± 0.46)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Mulberry, Morus sp. L.b

PSHB

2

33.0 (± 6.86)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Prunus sp. L.

PSHB

10

7.62 (± 0.04)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Willow, Salix sp. L.

PSHB

37

32.0 (± 2.31)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Chinese sweetgum, Liquidambar formosana L.

PSHB

14

17.9 (± 0.93)

0.00

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

C

Black wattle, Acacia mangium Willd.

PSHB

116

13.6 (± 0.23)

29.3

72.4

16.4

4.31

6.90

1.72

  1. Tree species within a country (USA, southwestern China, northwestern Vietnam) and within an injury agent (PSHB or KSHB) were ranked and listed by mortality rate (%) and then by infestation rate (%)
  2. aTotal tree counts across all sites, including infested and uninfested areas
  3. bTree species surveyed less than five times were not included in the analyses