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Laurel wilt
Harringtonia lauricola
Harringtonia lauricola is an obligate nutritional fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus), which is native to Asia, and a pathogen of living woody laurel plants (Lauraceae) in the southeastern United States, such as redbay (Persea borbonia), swampbay (Persea palustris), sassafras (Sassafras albidum), and avocado (Persea americana). The disease associated with Harringtonia lauricola infection is called laurel wilt, and is characterized by drought-like response symptoms such as canopy wilting and die-back. Laurel wilt endangers
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1375146.