Rainforests in tropical Australia occupy a very small, discontinuous area (<1% of the continent), yet they are floristically diverse (c. 2800 vascular species) with high endemicity. There is a distinctive Gondwanan and autochthonous element, and some of the world's ancestral links to the basal angiosperms are uniquely found here. The rainforests can be evergreen or deciduous, but there is a dis...

Spotted lanternfly (SLF; Lycorma delicatula White; Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) invaded the US from Asia and was first detected in 2014; currently, populations have established 14 states primarily Northeast Mid-Atlantic. It feeds voraciously on phloem sap a broad range of host plants, with preference for tree heaven ( Ailanthus altissima [Sapindales: Simaroubaceae]), grapevines Vitis spp. [Vitales: V...