Joseph LaForest's Images
Title: IPM and Forest Health SpecialistOrganization: University of Georgia
Unit: The Bugwood Network
Country: United States
Web: http://www.bugwood.org
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Joseph LaForest is the Integrated Pest Management and Forest Health Specialist for the Bugwood Network at the University of Georgia. Previously, he was the pest manager of Dow Gardens in Midland, Michigan and worked to further develop their adult education programs. He is a Certified Arborist in the International Society of Arboriculture and has worked in various parts of the green industry for the last 12 years. His interests include promoting holistic plant health care through development of integrated pest management solutions, developing resources to be used in educating and assisting green industry workers, and teaching. His current duties include developing scouting guides and keys, classifying images, verifying taxonomy, and developing other educational resources. |
| 51 Images of 8 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5411251 | kudzu | Pueraria montana var. lobata | |
| 5411249 | kudzu | Pueraria montana var. lobata | kudzu attempting to grow over tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) |
| 5411250 | kudzu | Pueraria montana var. lobata | kudzu attempting to grow over tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) |
| 5391515 | large hop clover | Trifolium campestre | |
| 5391516 | large hop clover | Trifolium campestre | black medic |
| 5391513 | large hop clover | Trifolium campestre | |
| 5391514 | large hop clover | Trifolium campestre | |
| 5393790 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5393791 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5393788 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5393789 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5393786 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5393787 | perennial lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| 5391532 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | |
| 5391530 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | |
| 5391531 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | Twining aroung golden bamboo |
| 5391529 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | seed pod |
| 5391527 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | expanding flower |
| 5391528 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | flower bud |
| 5391525 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | Flower bud prior to expansion |
| 5391526 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | expanding flower |
| 5391524 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | one of the florets |
| 5391523 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | one of the florets |
| 5391522 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | young emerging flowers |
| 5391520 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | young flowers emerging |
| 5391518 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | growing on bamboo |
| 5391519 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | |
| 5391517 | Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | growing on bamboo |
| 5391483 | eastern redbud | Cercis canadensis | |
| 5391484 | eastern redbud | Cercis canadensis | |
| 5391478 | eastern redbud | Cercis canadensis | |
| 5391479 | eastern redbud | Cercis canadensis | |
| 5342098 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | |
| 5375023 | red clover | Trifolium pratense | |
| 5342093 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Chaff being blown out the back of a peanut harvester. Eric Prostko at the operating station. |
| 5342091 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Eric Prostko at operating station on peanut harvester. Handle diverts flow of peanuts between the two bag slots |
| 5342095 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Chaff being blown out the back of a peanut harvester. Eric Prostko at the operating station. |
| 5342094 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Chaff being blown out the back of a peanut harvester. Eric Prostko at the operating station. |
| 5342086 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Eric Prostko operating a collection station on a peanut harvester |
| 5342099 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | the gears that drive the seperation mechanism of a peanut harvester |
| 5342097 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Harvested peanuts in bags from harvester |
| 5342096 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Three closest rows have been harvested |
| 5342092 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | chaff being blown out the back of the peanut harvester |
| 5342090 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Tines picking up lifted peanuts |
| 5342089 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Tines of the peanut harvester will pick up the lifted plants and feed them into the machine |
| 5342088 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Operators station on a peanut harvester |
| 5342087 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Collection station on a peanut harvester |
| 5342085 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Harvester in operation. Tines pick up lifted peanut plants and feed them into the machine |
| 5342084 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Row in peanut field after harvester has collected the peanuts |
| 5342083 | peanut | Arachis hypogaea | Peanut plants lifted and ready for harvest |
| 5292002 | sensitive partridgepea | Chamaecrista nictitans |

