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if more people are looking. That’s where the TreeSnap app comes in. TreeSnap connects researchers with people who
find surviving trees. Users simply snap a photo of a survivor, answer a few questions about it, and upload the notes and photo into the app. That tree can then be studied by scientists and used to improve tree breeding programs.
“This app is especially relevant for foresters, who spend countless hours in our woodlands,” said Ellen Crocker, TreeSnap co-lead and outreach specialist. “Large-scale adoption of TreeSnap by foresters would undoubtedly mean more survivor reports.”
In North Carolina, TreeSnap users can report surviving hemlock, ash, sassafras, and American chestnut, among others.
Ben Smith, Forest Restoration Alliance research scholar, explains how these eastern hemlocks are part of the adelgid insectary used to infest resistance screening studies.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO DOWNLOAD THE APP, VISIT www.TreeSnap.org