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USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is accepting comment on an environmental assessment (EA) that addresses the environmental impacts of releasing the insects Bikasha collaris and Gadirtha fusca to biologically control the invasive Chinese tallow tree (Triadica sebifera) in the contiguous U.S.
APHIS is making the EA available to the public for review and comment for thirty days starting on Jan 21, 2021. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before Feb 22, 2021 at: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=APHIS-2020-0035.
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Council or Task Force
Partnership
USDA. Forest Service; Southern Regional Extension Forestry. Forest Health Program.
See also: Chinese Tallow Tree for more resources
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Galveston Bay Estuary Program; Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC).
Federal Government
USDA. ARS. National Genetic Resources Program. GRIN-Global.
International Government
State and Local Government
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Division of Plant Industry.
Academic
Mississippi State University. Extension.
University of Florida. IFAS. Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.
Professional
Citations
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Triadica sebifera. [Accessed Sep 10, 2014].
- McCormick, C.M. 2005. Chinese Tallow Management Plan for Florida (PDF | 5.21 MB) Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council, Chinese Tallow Task Force.
- Meyer, R. 2011. Triadica sebifera. In: Fire Effects Information System. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
- Miller, J.H., E.B, Chambliss, and N.J. Loewenstein. 2010. Tallowtree, Popcorntree. In: A field guide for the identification of invasive plants in southern forests (PDF | 13.27 MB) (General Technical Report SRS-119). Asheville, NC: U.S. Forest Service, p. 23.