Just a heads up to List members that Yahoo does not post attachments to messages made to the Group. There have been a number of posts containing attachments...
Greetings all: I'm pleased to announce a permanent subject-to-furlough crew member position opening with the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Plant Management Team, ...
Betsy_Lyman@...
Nov 3, 2004 5:11 pm
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... From: "Sue Thompson" <thompson@...> To: "PA Biodiversity Listserve" <PABIODIV@...> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 8:03...
lisa
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Nov 4, 2004 12:47 am
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Hi everybody. I am still working on this plantlist. What do you say about adding some of the non native plants. -European beech- -Japanese maple- -any azalea...
van de Venne
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Nov 4, 2004 1:59 am
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Jil has the most definitive list of species invasive in our area - Vivienne should have this! Meanwhile, isn't Japanese maple under suspicion? Faith...
Phytodoer@...
Nov 4, 2004 12:44 pm
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My observations, for what they're worth: Japanese maple can create multitudes of seedlings in people's yards, but I've encountered it only once in the wild....
Steve Hiltner
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Nov 4, 2004 1:12 pm
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In Delaware and West Virginia I've seen Rose of Sharon naturalized in the wild in several places. Michael Schwartz ... From: Steve Hiltner...
Michael Schwartz
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Nov 4, 2004 2:26 pm
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Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) is widely naturalized in the forest understory in southeastern Pennsylvania. Ann Rhoads Ann F. Rhoads, PhD Senior Botanist,...
Ann Rhoads
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Nov 4, 2004 3:14 pm
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I'd like to add my two cents on this question. It seems to me that it is very difficult to predict which non-native plants will become invasive. Many invasions...
Sara Webb
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Nov 4, 2004 3:14 pm
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Follow-up after seeing comments from Steve Hiltner and Michael Schwartz. Rose of Sharon was not on the list I got from Pia via email, unless it is a common...
Kyde, Kerrie L.
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Nov 4, 2004 3:23 pm
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I have found Japanese maple scattered throughout the understory of the forest. Rose-of-Sharon, although not on your list, I have found propagating well in...
sue_salmons@...
Nov 4, 2004 3:57 pm
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Sue and others, forgive me if I am wrong here, but I thought our list would be ***recommendations*** for planting. We are not saying "don't ever plant any...
Phytodoer@...
Nov 4, 2004 7:00 pm
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Two more cents... In this case, Faith is right in my opinion. In general though, here is my soapbox thing (just curious how other feel)... We should never say...
This is so tricky. A landscape architect and I are doing a presentation to a professional association of horticulture folks in January, and we are going to...
Ruth Douglas
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Nov 4, 2004 9:24 pm
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It's helpful to hear about Japanese maple and rose of sharon naturalizing in some areas, since I have long wondered if there was something preventing these...
Steve Hiltner
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Nov 4, 2004 9:57 pm
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I have been doing a very low key slide show for some time, geared to gardeners, gardening clubs and the like, as a VNPS service. Since the VNPS does not...
I agree with Faith and the others who advocate recommendations and not strict plant lists.We are at a stage in this field where if the boxwood or hosta (god...
Dennis Burton
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Nov 5, 2004 1:53 pm
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I have seen Lonicera fragrantissima naturalized at Fort Washington State Park here in southeastern Pennsylvania; it flowers very early in the spring, as early...
Ann Rhoads
rhoadsaf@...
Nov 5, 2004 9:49 pm
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Hi everybody. I never brought up rose of sharon, but I believe it is invasive in my woodsy area. But this is certainly a good plant to bring up: Klyn Nurseries...
van de Venne
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Nov 6, 2004 3:48 pm
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Yellow buckwheat is a shale barren endemic that holds its bloom for months. On the road cut of I-64 near white Sulpher Springs, WV is makes a nice showing for...
These may be of interest to some of you. Apologies for any duplicate posting. Cheers, Steve Young Greetings! We have some upcoming volunteer workdays tackling...
I have no confidence that it will stay sterile. This assumes that only other sterile Hibiscus are nearby. After all, Bradford pear was supposed to be sterile...
sue_salmons@...
Nov 8, 2004 12:48 pm
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The Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council is sponsoring a talk on Delaware's 'Plants for a Livable Delaware' Program and their "Enhancing Delaware...
Pia, I personally would recommend (strongly) against using Rose of Sharon, seedless or not. It spreads rapidly and vigorously by vegetative means in sunny...
Jil_Swearingen@...
Nov 9, 2004 4:21 pm
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Does anyone have any experience with Norway Maple control? I am involved in a habitat restoration study program and the group is grappling with questions of...
Norway Maple is one of the easier invasives to control. It does not typically resprout from root fragments so can be pulled out (the Weed Wrench works well for...
Dennis Burton
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Nov 12, 2004 5:56 pm
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We are controlling widely scattered Norway maples on about 8,000 acres at French Creek State Park and adjacent Crow's Nest Preserve. Trained volunteers flag...