[MAIPC] MAIPC Digest, Vol 56, Issue 3 Arum Italicum

Tue Jun 7 12:53:18 PDT 2016

I have found it very hard to control although we have had some luck
reducing it with triclopyr + metsulfuron.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:22 PM, frazmo <frazmo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't agree that Italian Arum is easily controlled or that it
> "disappears." Yes, the leaves are primarily only out in the cool season and
> then wither away in the warm season, which is when the flowering spike
> appears, But the plants produce abundant bulbs or corms that remain
> underground. I believe, although I can't prove, that critters spread the
> bulbs as well as the seeds. So removing the flowering spikes may be helpful
> but it will not eliminate the plants or prevent their spread. I see this
> plant becoming increasingly abundant in Arlington Virginia's natural areas
> and even in my own back yard. I think it is a significant invasive of
> concern at least in the DC area of the Mid-Atlantic and it is not yet clear
> how best to control it.
>
> Cheers,   Steve Young of Arlington VA
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Kathryn Peterson- Lambert <
> triplam747 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Arum italicum hybridizes with the maculatum. Belongsto the family
>> Araceae, it is native to the Med/lower Europe, U.K., Netherlands. I was
>> growing it experimentally in a wet, woodland area to see if I could
>> hybridize with Arrow - the native - it didn't take. It dies back in the
>> summer and one can simply control it by gathering all of its red fruit *
>> (berries are poisonous to humans, use gloves).* It is easily controlled by
>> collecting and removing all of  the fruit. Also, it 'disappears'
>>  completely - both original species and the hybrid after it grows fruit in
>> the summer. It makes a very short lived appearance. Instead of control with
>> herbicide one can replace it with the native Peltandra virginica - Arrow
>> Arum - it will grow in the same conditions after one removes the
>> fruit-berries of  the non-native or Symplocarpus foctidus (skunk cabbage).
>> <https://mail.aol.com/IM/?sn=triplam747&locale=en_US&pd=0> Kathryn
>> Peterson-Lambert
>>
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>> 1. FW: We Need a New Model for Parks (Marc Imlay)
>> 2. Re: FW: We Need a New Model for Parks (John Ambler)
>> 3. FW: Violets?? (Patricia Greenberg)
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>> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 19:47:53 -0400
>> From: "Marc Imlay" <ialm at erols.com>
>> To: <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
>> Subject: [MAIPC] FW: We Need a New Model for Parks
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>> From: Mike Vandeman [mailto:mjvande at pacbell.net <mjvande at pacbell.net?>]
>> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 3:30 PM
>> To: Recipient list suppressed:
>> Subject: We Need a New Model for Parks
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>>
>> To: The East Bay Regional Park District Board
>>
>> I've been spending many 5-6-hour days cutting Italian thistle (if you've
>> ever had a close encounter with Italian thistle, you won't want to ever
>> repeat it!), poison hemlock, & French broom in Claremont Canyon Regional
>> Preserve ("Preserve"? It's not being preserved!). Exotic plants are taking
>> over our regional parks, and the fauna are very scarce. Many people have
>> thanked me, but so far no one has volunteered to help. The park staff are
>> cutting the grass around the edge of the park (to reduce the fire danger),
>> but not addressing the exotics that are spreading (and going to seed) in
>> every grassy area. The goats help, but leave all the large stems, which I
>> have had to cut myself.
>>
>> It occurs to me that our model of a park is obsolete. Everyone comes to
>> the
>> park, enjoys himself/herself, but, with very rare exceptions, doesn't
>> lift a
>> finger to maintain the park. We expect the park staff to do all of that.
>> But, as you know, you don't have the staff to do that. This model just
>> doesn't work! You should advertise for volunteers (this kind of work is
>> very
>> easy, just time-consuming), and expect all visitors to lend a a hand -
>> just
>> as we do when we visit someone's home, or bus our own dishes in the
>> cafeteria.
>>
>> The only alternative is to tax the community enough to pay for all the
>> services the parks require. (That wouldn't be popular, but the public
>> should
>> presented all the options. Ruining the parks is not acceptable!)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans
>> ("pure habitat").
>> Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and
>> road construction.)
>>
>> Wildlife must be given top priority, because they can't protect themselves
>> from us.
>>
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>> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:02:01 -0400
>> From: "John Ambler" <john.ambler at verizon.net>
>> To: <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
>> Subject: Re: [MAIPC] FW: We Need a New Model for Parks
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>> The East Bay Regional Park District is a system of beautiful parklands and
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>> From: MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org
>> <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org?>] On Behalf Of Marc Imlay
>> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 7:48 PM
>> To: maipc at lists.maipc.org
>> Subject: [MAIPC] FW: We Need a New Model for Parks
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>> From: Mike Vandeman [mailto:mjvande at pacbell.net <mjvande at pacbell.net?>]
>> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 3:30 PM
>> To: Recipient list suppressed:
>> Subject: We Need a New Model for Parks
>>
>>
>>
>> To: The East Bay Regional Park District Board
>>
>> I've been spending many 5-6-hour days cutting Italian thistle (if you've
>> ever had a close encounter with Italian thistle, you won't want to ever
>> repeat it!), poison hemlock, & French broom in Claremont Canyon Regional
>> Preserve ("Preserve"? It's not being preserved!). Exotic plants are taking
>> over our regional parks, and the fauna are very scarce. Many people have
>> thanked me, but so far no one has volunteered to help. The park staff are
>> cutting the grass around the edge of the park (to reduce the fire danger),
>> but not addressing the exotics that are spreading (and going to seed) in
>> every grassy area. The goats help, but leave all the large stems, which I
>> have had to cut myself.
>>
>> It occurs to me that our model of a park is obsolete. Everyone comes to
>> the
>> park, enjoys himself/herself, but, with very rare exceptions, doesn't
>> lift a
>> finger to maintain the park. We expect the park staff to do all of that.
>> But, as you know, you don't have the staff to do that. This model just
>> doesn't work! You should advertise for volunteers (this kind of work is
>> very
>> easy, just time-consuming), and expect all visitors to lend a a hand -
>> just
>> as we do when we visit someone's home, or bus our own dishes in the
>> cafeteria.
>>
>> The only alternative is to tax the community enough to pay for all the
>> services the parks require. (That wouldn't be popular, but the public
>> should
>> presented all the options. Ruining the parks is not acceptable!)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans
>> ("pure habitat").
>> Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and
>> road construction.)
>>
>> Wildlife must be given top priority, because they can't protect themselves
>> from us.
>>
>> Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are
>> fond of!
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>> http://mjvande.info <http://mjvande.info/>
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>> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 18:51:06 +0000
>> From: Patricia Greenberg <pgreenberg at reston.org>
>> To: "maipc at lists.maipc.org" <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
>> Subject: [MAIPC] FW: Violets??
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>> Hi,
>> I have a resident who is concerned about invasive species in his yard.
>> Yay! I do not know much of anything about violets so I wanted to reach out
>> to you all to see if you had suggestions on whether there is cause for
>> concern about the species in the attached photos.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Patricia
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>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Patricia Pearl Greenberg
>> Environmental Resource Supervisor
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>> From: Larry [mailto:lssnowhite at gmail.com <lssnowhite at gmail.com?>]
>> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 11:17 AM
>> To: Patricia Greenberg
>> Subject: Violets??
>>
>> Here are pictures of what may or may not be violets -- the biggest
>> cluster --1 & 3 -- is about 11" high. The last is what I know is a wild
>> violet. I can also bring you a plant if that would help a identify it.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Larry
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