[MAIPC] wlbg: Problem with removal in seed

[Richard Gardner]

Does vinegar, either kitchen or horticultural strength work on the plants and seeds?  What about running sheep or goats through an area to collect seeds before curry combing them on site?  Or perhaps wearing clothing for the purpose of picking up seeds?  Or a shag covered lawn roller for the same purpose in a contained area?

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On Fri, 11/27/15, Kathy Michels <kathleen.michels at verizon.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [MAIPC] wlbg: Problem with removal in seed
 To: ialm at erols.com, "ialm at erols.com" <ialm at erols.com>, jil_swearingen at nps.gov, maipc at lists.maipc.org, invasives at listserv.umd.edu, cbargero at uga.edu, carol_disalvo at nps.gov, marneyb at earthlink.net, pangonid at gmail.com, ron.circe at loudoun.gov, halforden at gwmail.gwu.edu, elainenak at gmail.com
 Date: Friday, November 27, 2015, 8:22 AM
 
 One real problem perhaps
 unique to wlbg is that the very act of removing it while in
 seed inevitably spreads it to where it was  not before via
 those removing it since the fine sticky seeds attach to
 EVERYTHING. Other than wearing tyvek  which I think pros
 are doing , or avoiding removal while in seed are best
 practices guidelines being developed? 
 
 
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 Hi advocates for control of
 wavyleaf basketgrass,
 
 Just
 a reminder.  How is current research developing on native
 biological
 controls for wavyleaf basket
 grass by researching the native basketgrass,
 which is not invasive, in North and South
 Carolina. The difficulty is
 finding someone
 who is familiar with how bad wavyleaf basket grass is,
 but
 doing the research in a state where the
 invasive has not arrived yet. It
 has covered
 thousands of acres in Patapsco Valley in Maryland forming
 a
 complete mono-culture and is considered
 our most serious invasive threats.
 Do you
 know anyone else who may be able to do this critical work.
 If so,
 thank you for passing this request
 on.
 
 
 Thanks
 for your work in removing Oplismenus undulatifolius from
 Maryland
 and Virginia. I learned at the Fall
 conference of the Maryland Native Plant
 Society on Sept 20, 2014, held in Cecil County
 that a very large patch was
 found nearby in
 Maryland very near Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New
 Jersey.
 It is estimated that unless we
 control it ASAP, 10-20% of the natural
 environment of one forth of the united States
 may be lost. Two methods can
 be employed:
 
 1. Early Detection and Rapid
 Response. Many of us are actively removing and
 facilitating removal at it's source in
 Patapsco Valley as well as surveying
 for,
 and removing it elsewhere in Virginia and Maryland.
 
 2. Research into effective,
 host specific, biological controls for Wavyleaf
 Basketgrass.
 
     a. Research at it's origin in
 Eurasia, similar to the ongoing research
 on
 Japanese Stiltgrass, Microstegium vimineum. If this stage of
 research in
 China reveals insects or
 pathogens that are evidently appropriate for
 Japanese Stiltgrass, the next stage of research
 will be to test them in
 quarantined
 conditions for host specificity on native American plants.
 The
 same procedures would be done for
 wavyleaf basketgrass, Oplismenus
 undulatifolius.
 
     b. Research into potential native
 biological controls for Wavyleaf
 Basketgrass. For example, native biological
 controls have been found for
 Tree of Heaven
 and Multiflora Rose. Unlike Japanese Stiltgrass, which
 has
 no other species in the genus
 Microstegium native to America, there are
 native species of the genus Oplismenus in
 America. So a biological control
 of Asian
 origin is less likely to be host specific.
 
     Thanks for your interest
 in research of the life cycle of the native
 Oplismenus in North and South Carolina, and
 elsewhere in America. The
 native insects and
 pathogens that prevent the native Oplismenus from being
 invasive could then be potential biological
 controls for the non-native
 Oplismenus in
 Virginia and Maryland. John Peter Thompson suggests that
 the
 research on what controls the native
 Oplismenus be done on the main patches
 as
 well as at the edges of the populations to see what keeps
 the native
 from spreading. Please share this
 request with potential researchers at
 universities, agencies and other sources. One
 chalenge is the NIMBY(not in
 my back yard)
 issue since some potential agencies and universities
 where
 the native basketgrass occurs are in
 different States than where we are
 currently
 experiencing the invasiveness of the non-native basketgrass
 and
 understand the importance of the
 research.
 
 Marc Imlay, PhD,
 Chair, Biological control working Group
 Conservation biologist, Park Ranger Office,
 Non-native Invasive Plant
 Control
 coordinator. Marc.Imlay at pgparks.com
 (301) 442-5657 cell  Natural and Historical
 Resources Division
 The 
 Maryland-National   Capital   Park 
 and Planning Commission
 
 
 
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