[MAIPC] Scilla siberica (belated)

[Donna Ford-Werntz]

A patch of Scilla in WVU arboretum has persisted and not spread for 20 years.

We have herbarium specimen from garden in same town dated 1937.


Chionodoxa (with tepal bases fused) is noted as garden escape in 1913.

Seems like neither is currently problematic in WV, but I'm glad to be aware.


Donna Ford-Werntz, Herbarium Curator
Associate Clinical Professor
Biology Dept., Box 6057
Life Sci. Bldg., 53 Campus Dr.
West Virginia Univ.
Morgantown, WV 26506
304-293-0794; biology.wvu.edu
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From: MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> on behalf of Jil Swearingen <jilswearingen at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Scilla siberica

Sorry, that url doesn't hold when I try to send it. Google for "Czech Scilla" and you should get it.
Jil

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Jil Swearingen <jilswearingen at gmail.com<mailto:jilswearingen at gmail.com>> wrote:
John,
This reference from the Czech Republic on Scilla might be helpful to you. The wonderful images start on p 199.
Thanks for your diligent observations. Fortunately, Scilla is a short-lived species unlike many of the others we have to deal with.
http://botany.upol.cz/pagedata/herbar/scilla-bifolia-subsp-bifolia-rara/squills-(scilla-s.lat.,-hyacinthaceae)-in-the-flora.pdf
Thank you,
Jil

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Ellis, Michael <Michael.Ellis at pgparks.com<mailto:Michael.Ellis at pgparks.com>> wrote:
Hi John and All,

iNaturalist is also a good place to find reports of many species, See http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204439-Othocallis-siberica, scroll down for map. Scilla siberica (syn. Othocallis siberica) appears to grow very well in the mid-atlantic.

Are there any look-a-likes to Scilla siberica/Othocallis siberica? I am trying to ID a population as well<http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5375375>, cound this be it? I wish I took better pictures.

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Hope to hear more,


Michael Ellis

Non-Native Invasive Plant Management Coordinator

Park Ranger Office, Natural and Historical Resources Division

Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George’s County

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission


Mobile: (240) 429-5042<tel:(240)%20429-5042>

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Subject: [MAIPC] Scilla siberica

Hi Jil and maipc list members,

I believe there is a population of squill, Scilla siberica, at Tucquan Glen in southern Lancaster Co., PA.  I did a Google search on squill EDDMAPS and immediately got the distribution map for it.

It is severely invasive in Minnesota:  https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/siberian-squill  .  At Tucquan Glen I have seen it for years, but I will start quantifying the population over time.

This is on a rich, high, forested floodplain.  Snowdrops started being invasive on the same floodplain, but it is easy to pull out clumps of it.

Photos below are from March 22, 2017.  If anyone knows that this is not Scilla siberica, please let me know.

John Ambler
Lancaster, PA

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Please pardon the Indian strawberry and ground ivy.


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