A very destructive fungus disease called Dutch elm disease was first observed in Ohio during the summer of 1930. Three years later it was found in northern New Jersey. Since then the fungus has spread throughout New England, south to central Georgia, and westerly to many areas of the Midwest, the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains and finally to the Pacific Coast. The first confirmed report of the disease in North Carolina was made in August 1962 from winged elm in Greensboro. Currently the disease occurs in most western and piedmont counties, and as far east as Hertford, Pitt, Wayne and Cumberland counties.