[TN-Bird] cedar trees and ticks..
- From: Joan C Reese/SPEC/PS/EXT/UTIA <jreese5@xxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:43:21 -0500
Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
University of Tennessee Extension Service
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson TN 38301
731 425 4721 email jreese5@xxxxxxx
Well, no, actually cedar trees do not "generate a lot of ticks". Often
plants are blamed for tick infestations but ticks are encouraged by
populations of animals from which they may obtain a blood meal. This is
often the woodsy edges, or fence rows where mammals etc, may be traveling ,
and ticks will climb to hitch a ride on whatever they may find for a food
source. The cedar itself is not the problem. It is just that cedar trees
are often found in this sort of situation.
Cedar "berries" by the way, are actually tiny cones, and are only found on
the female. The male trees have a more yellowish cast in the winter when
they are developing their pollen structures. The tiny cones are very
nutritious for winter birds, being rich in waxy lipids (fat).
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