[MAIPC] Fwd: [NativePlantseast] Smartweed management?

[Lori Bowes]

Hi.  I get confused about smartweed/knotweed but I can say that every time I have asked a plant-knowledgeable person about our smartweed, they felt it was the invasive type.
I think in my haste to get this posted before a Grounds meeting I relied on a google entry that told me that PA smartweed was invasive so I thought that was the one we have.
I guess I need to affirm that my ocrea is not bristled.
Assuming ours is the invasive species, if you have guidance on whether mowing is worsening the problem, please let me know.
Thanks,Lori 


     On Monday, July 13, 2015 4:40 PM, Art Gover <aeg2 at psu.edu> wrote:
   

 I like PA smartweed.  It’s native and charming and fills space.  Sure about the ID?

Be well.

Art

Penn State Wildland Weed Management
116 ASI Building
University Park, PA  16802

(814) 863-9904
(814) 863-7043 FAX
http://plantscience.psu.edu/wildland

> On Jul 13, 2015, at 16:37, frazmo <frazmo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Any thoughts out there in MAIPC land? If possible, copy the asker,  lrbowes2 at yahoo.com, directly also as I'm not sure she's on our list. Cheers, Steve Young
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> My community has an abundance of Polygonum pensylvanicum on a turf hillside that abuts a stream (on the other side of which is a wooded area) and a terraced native plant area (with asters, goldenrods, grasses, viburnums, violets, etc).  The Polygonum is thriving amongst the turf and is constantly invading the native plant terrace.
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> We have some flexibility in how we manage the turf hillside in terms of mowing.  Can anyone offer some thoughts or guidance?
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> I haven't found much on the web in the way of guidance for this topic.
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> Thanks,
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> Lori
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> Arlington, VA
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