HWA Hunters Survey Form

Name (First, Last): *

Email Address: *

Was this report already recorded in the iMapInvasives smartphone or desktop app? (Y/N) *

Survey Date and Location Information:

Survey Date: *

Survey Location (Town or County): *

Property Address or Survey Parking Access: *

Parking Access GPS Coordinates (LAT, LONG)

Survey Site (property name, trail name, etc.):

Property Ownership/Contact:

Survey Information:

If over 200 trees, approximate number of trees surveyed:

Approximate Amount of Time Spent Surveying *

Approximate Amount of Time Spent Traveling To/From Site *

Number of People Surveying *

Names of additional surveyors

Stand Characteristics

Stand GPS Coordinates (LAT, LONG) (NOT NECESSARY IF ALREADY IN iMAP):

Hemlock Stand Size: *

Isolated trees (<10 hemlocks)

Small stand, about house-sized area

Medium sized stand, bigger than a house footprint, smaller than a football field

Large stand, larger than a football field

Very large, dense stand, covering an area of several acres or more with hundreds or thousands of trees

If very large, your best estimate of stand size? (hundreds of trees, thousands of trees, # acres, etc)

Presence of Low Branches: *

Many trees have reachable branches

Some trees have reachable branches

No trees or only a few trees have reachable branches

Stand Composition *

All or mainly hemlock (>75% hemlock)

Mixed stand (hemlock and other species mixed)

Mainly other species with some hemlock interspersed (<30% hemlock)

Tree Size Classes *

Mostly large trees: greater than two arms around (larger than you can hug)

Mostly medium-sized trees: greater than two hands around, less than two arms around in size

Mostly small trees: saplings, trees under two hands around in size (you can wrap your hands around it)

Mixed tree sizes in stand

Site Terrain (steepness, rolling, flat? etc.):

Water Features/Wet Conditions (near stream, lake, pond, swamp? Dry?):

Additional site comments (optional):

Other Pests Sighted (eg. elongate hemlock scale):

HWA Information:

HWA Presence/Absence: *

No HWA found (skip next 2 questions and submit)

HWA present

HWA Density in Stand (average number of woolly masses per twig, or 2-5 inch section of branch):

Low density (1-5 woolly masses per twig, lightly infested)

Medium density (5-20 woolly masses per twig, moderate infestation)

High density (20+ woolly masses per twig, heavy infestation)

Hemlock Canopy Health

<20% of canopy lost (80-100% of light blocked by canopy), healthy canopy with dense and deep green foliage

20-40% of canopy lost, still green but foliage beginning to thin

40-60% of canopy lost, foliage thinning, sickly-looking lower branches

60-80% of canopy lost, foliage thin with pale, greyish, sickly appearance

>80% of canopy lost, sparse foliage with only some tufts or branch tips remaining

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