Managing the
invasive tree Ailanthus (Ailanthus altissima, also called
tree-of-heaven) has emerged as a core strategic component of approaches to
spotted lanternfly (SLF) mitigation and management. Those strategies involve both controlling
Ailanthus and retaining and systemically treating Ailanthus as “trap trees” for
SLF. This program provides best practice
recommendations for both activities.
Practitioners engaged with SLF management approaches involving control
or treatment of Ailanthus should know what works well (and how best to enact
those practices) and what simply doesn’t work in order to plan and expend
management efforts most efficiently.
Audience: Forestry professionals, arborists, green
industry professionals, landscape industry professionals, agricultural
management and regulatory agency personnel, and other natural resource
professionals who conduct Ailanthus control or trap tree management activities
on the landscape as part of spotted lanternfly mitigation efforts.