[MAIPC] MAIPC Digest, Vol 62, Issue 19

[Kathryn Peterson-Lambert]

Hello, Happy New Years everyone. Had a question? Here on the Coastal Plain - English Ivy has taken over - I used to just pull it - the extra rainfall winter 2015 and into 2016 created an unusual amount and the normal time periods of pulling have not worked. Next week I will be working some more on it - it has been found in our Back Bay and other places - what can be used that will not kill or harm the surrounding native plants?  
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>   1. Another invasive plant species that kills our mammals (Marc Imlay)
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> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:05:38 -0500
> From: "Marc Imlay" <ialm at erols.com>
> To: <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
> Subject: [MAIPC] Another invasive plant species that kills our mammals
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> https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/family-of-black-bears-found-
> dead-common-shrub-played-role/77446/
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> "The English yew is a conifer native to Europe, Africa, and southwest Asia,"
> explained the Pennsylvania Game Commission in a Facebook post. "The plant
> has lance-shaped leaves and produces a red berry-like cupped structure
> called an 'aril' that contains a single brown seed. It is widely cultivated
> in eastern North America as an ornamental shrub and often found in urban
> environments." 
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> From: Mike Vandeman [mailto:mjvande at pacbell.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 3:33 PM
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> Subject: Yet another reason to remove exotics
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> <https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/family-of-black-bears-found
> -dead-common-shrub-played-role/77446/>
> https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/family-of-black-bears-found-
> dead-common-shrub-played-role/77446/
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> "The plants contain a alkaloid compound called "taxine," which is highly
> toxic to most animal and humans if ingested, according to the game
> commission.
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> "Taxine is found in all parts of the yew except the fleshy part of the aril,
> with seeds containing the highest concentrations of the toxin," the Facebook
> post reads. "While yew are toxic year-round, toxin levels increasing during
> the winter months. Yew is cardiotoxic and impacts the heart's ability to
> beat properly."
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> English Yews are known to live for a very long time. For example, the
> Fortingall Yew is the oldest living tree in Great Britain. Located in the
> churchyard of the village of Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland, experts
> estimate the tree is between 2,000 and 3,000 years old."
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> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans
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> Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and
> road construction.)
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> Wildlife must be given top priority, because they can't protect themselves
> from us.
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> Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are
> fond of!
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