[MAIPC] Scilla siberica

[Jil Swearingen]

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>
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> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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 <(240)%20429-5042>
>>
>> From: MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> on behalf of John Ambler <
>> john.ambler at verizon.net>
>> Date: Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 10:57 PM
>> To: "jilswearingen at gmail.com" <jilswearingen at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "maipc at lists.maipc.org" <maipc at lists.maipc.org>
>> Subject: [MAIPC] Scilla siberica
>>
>> Hi Jil and maipc list members,
>>
>>
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>> 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.
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>> It is severely invasive in Minnesota:  https://www.minnesotawildflowe
>> rs.info/flower/siberian-squill  .  At Tucquan Glen I have seen it for
>> years, but I will start quantifying the population over time.
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>> 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.
>>
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>> Photos below are from March 22, 2017.  If anyone knows that this is not *Scilla
>> siberica*, please let me know.
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>>
>>
>> John Ambler
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>> Lancaster, PA
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>> Please pardon the Indian strawberry and ground ivy.
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