[MAIPC] Five-fingered Aralia Spotted in Baltimore City

Wed Aug 1 14:20:34 PDT 2018

Jil

We recently checked on your 2012 report and it is there (and expanded a bit
I think). I’d love to get your input on where other spots are near by.
We’ll likely have to wait to treat until next year.

Mark

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 5:07 PM Jil Swearingen <jilswearingen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> All,
>
> I identified this plant for Fred Walker who dropped by my office at Center
> for Urban Ecology in August 2012. I mapped his occurrence, based on his
> best description while I had EDDMapS opened on my computer:
> http://www.eddmaps.org/midatlantic/distribution/point.cfm?id=2415456
>
> I found additional patches along MacArthur Blvd. in Cabin John. I mapped
> these using MAEDN but it was an early version of the app and I must've had
> some issue getting my report submitted for that location. I don't see my
> report in EDDMapS. I'll revisit the area within the next few weeks and
> report whatever populations I find.
>
> Jil
> .......................
> Jil Swearingen
> Invasive Species Consultant
> *In the Weeds*
> 410-200-7085
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 3:49 PM Burke, John <John.Burke2 at fairfaxcounty.gov>
> wrote:
>
>> I’ve been keeping an eye out for this stuff since it was spotted in
>> Arlington (10 years ago?). I haven’t seen it in any Fairfax stormwater
>> ponds.
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>> *John Burke|*Ecologist III
>> Stormwater Management Branch
>>
>> Fairfax Co. DPWES
>>
>> 10635 West Dr.
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>> Fairfax, VA  22030
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>> Office: 703.877.2879
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>> Mobile: 202.308.8695
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>> *From:* MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org] * On Behalf Of *Rod
>> Simmons
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 1, 2018 3:04 PM
>> *To:* Ossi, Damien (DOEE) <damien.ossi at dc.gov>; maipc at lists.maipc.org
>> *Cc:* Alonso Abugattas <aabugattas at arlingtonva.us>; Alex Taylor <
>> alexktaylor65 at gmail.com>; Lee Patrick <leeipctn at mindspring.com>; Scott
>> Graham (JGraham at arlingtonva.us) <JGraham at arlingtonva.us>
>> *Subject:* Re: [MAIPC] Five-fingered Aralia Spotted in Baltimore City
>>
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>> Invasive Plant Control (IPC) treated a huge flume of this crud in a mesic
>> ravine at lower Donaldson Run Park in Arlington County, Virginia earlier
>> this year.  Fortunately, we haven’t seen this non-native invasive plant in
>> adjacent City of Alexandria yet.
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>> *From:* MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> *On Behalf Of *Ossi,
>> Damien (DOEE)
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 01, 2018 2:49 PM
>> *To:* maipc at lists.maipc.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [MAIPC] Five-fingered Aralia Spotted in Baltimore City
>>
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>>
>> I’ve treated small populations of this species in Spring Valley Park and
>> in Linnean Park, both in DC.  Both were growing into the parks from
>> adjacent yards.  I’ve never seen it on its own in a natural area.  There’s
>> also a specimen in my neighbor’s yard in Greenbelt, and a nice hedgerow
>> here
>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2F%4042.3534645%2C-71.0708241%2C2a%2C69.4y%2C90.01h%2C63.14t%2Fdata%3D!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIXxJ5CXSS8kvknq9aO1iEQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656%3Fhl%3Den%26authuser%3D0&data=02%7C01%7Crod.simmons%40alexandriava.gov%7C4508f000e60a4043dbd208d5f7e04f17%7Cfeaa9b3143754aeeadccc76ad32a890b%7C0%7C1%7C636687465129231074&sdata=kp254wi8fy1KXOOn53i5imXRsz7m2BMAhBiLLTd5Uzo%3D&reserved=0>
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>> Damien
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>> Damien Ossi
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>> Secretary, MAIPC
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>> *Damien P. Ossi*
>>
>> Wildlife Biologist
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>> Fisheries and Wildlife Division
>>
>> Department of Energy & Environment
>>
>> Government of the District of Columbia
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>> 1200 First Street NE, 5th Floor
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>> Washington, DC 20002
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>> Desk: (202) 741-0840
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>> Web: doee.dc.gov
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>> *From:* MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org
>> <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org>] *On Behalf Of *Servis, Robert
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 01, 2018 1:52 PM
>> *To:* Kate Wagner; maipc at lists.maipc.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [MAIPC] Five-fingered Aralia Spotted in Baltimore City
>>
>>
>>
>> I have treated it in Rock Creek Park (DC side), around the park police
>> horse stables/community garden off of Oregon Ave.   that was at least 10
>> yrs ago, and I had checked for a few years after treatment but haven’t seen
>> the area in the last 5-7yrs to know if it has rebounded at all or if it
>> gave up the fight.
>>
>> I believe it is also called “Five Leaved Aralia” and what I treated
>> looked exactly like what you have in the pics.  Medium sized, multi stemmed
>> shrub 5-8 ft. tall (generally) and small very sharp thorns on the stems
>> (at/near the base of the leaves).
>>
>> This is one of the only places that I have seen it in the DC, Md,
>> Northern VA area however,  hopefully it is not more wide spread than we
>> realize.
>>
>> Thanks for the heads up on the Baltimore County sighting, we will keep
>> our eye out.
>>
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>> *From:* MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> *On Behalf Of *Kate Wagner
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 01, 2018 11:39 AM
>> *To:* maipc at lists.maipc.org
>> *Subject:* [MAIPC] Five-fingered Aralia Spotted in Baltimore City
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello MA-IPC,
>>
>>
>>
>> I wanted to alert the listserve that I've spotted a developing stand of
>> Five-fingered Aralia
>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eddmaps.org%2Fmidatlantic%2Fdistribution%2Fcounty.cfm%3Fsub%3D57528%26id%3Dus_md_24510&data=02%7C01%7CRobert.Servis%40montgomeryparks.org%7C6a2bb1dbe92a464b19cb08d5f7c4f924%7Ca9061e0c24ca4c1cbeff039bb8c05816%7C0%7C1%7C636687347737295389&sdata=3smdqlgkqrBqPZ6d6jYpgx%2B%2FpssOm7EKc43zcvpS0NE%3D&reserved=0>
>> (*Eleutherococcus sieboldianus*) in Baltimore City. The plant, which
>> does not appear to have been intentionally planted, has colonized
>> approximately 35 square feet of an embankment in Wyman Park. The report
>> has been verified on EDDMapS.
>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eddmaps.org%2Fdistribution%2Frecord.cfm%3Fid%3D7638330&data=02%7C01%7CRobert.Servis%40montgomeryparks.org%7C6a2bb1dbe92a464b19cb08d5f7c4f924%7Ca9061e0c24ca4c1cbeff039bb8c05816%7C0%7C1%7C636687347737305394&sdata=3%2FZ7xANprP4znoJJQpt%2BEydCl1OVJXY68zpq0gpMTfo%3D&reserved=0> This
>> is the first verified sighting of the plant in Maryland in EDDMapS since
>> May 2016
>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eddmaps.org%2Fmidatlantic%2Fdistribution%2Fusstate.cfm%3Fsub%3D57528&data=02%7C01%7CRobert.Servis%40montgomeryparks.org%7C6a2bb1dbe92a464b19cb08d5f7c4f924%7Ca9061e0c24ca4c1cbeff039bb8c05816%7C0%7C1%7C636687347737305394&sdata=7WJwIG%2Fmi4wnHlqPV6vPjkTmQRK2XaCe3rFyuphzyFc%3D&reserved=0>,
>> and is the first in Baltimore City. My hope is that this is an isolated
>> incident and that the plant has merely escaped from a nearby ornamental
>> planting. I plan on taking a closer look on my walk tomorrow.
>>
>>
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>> Links to pictures of the specimen: Image 1
>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.bugwoodcloud.org%2Feddmaps%2Fimages%2Freport%2F3072x2048%2F7638330_1.jpg&data=02%7C01%7CRobert.Servis%40montgomeryparks.org%7C6a2bb1dbe92a464b19cb08d5f7c4f924%7Ca9061e0c24ca4c1cbeff039bb8c05816%7C0%7C1%7C636687347737315407&sdata=HDz1jGerBXbDM%2Fre4lIXQTQUecl8PSrWCdNL9xU7of4%3D&reserved=0>,
>> Image 2
>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.bugwoodcloud.org%2Feddmaps%2Fimages%2Freport%2F3072x2048%2F7638330_3.jpg&data=02%7C01%7CRobert.Servis%40montgomeryparks.org%7C6a2bb1dbe92a464b19cb08d5f7c4f924%7Ca9061e0c24ca4c1cbeff039bb8c05816%7C0%7C1%7C636687347737315407&sdata=s5XhcpHOkqd3mFQ6sUkviENr6nRz%2FZKBT87xL8vEv2I%3D&reserved=0>,
>> Image 3
>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.bugwoodcloud.org%2Feddmaps%2Fimages%2Freport%2F3072x2048%2F7638330_2.jpg&data=02%7C01%7CRobert.Servis%40montgomeryparks.org%7C6a2bb1dbe92a464b19cb08d5f7c4f924%7Ca9061e0c24ca4c1cbeff039bb8c05816%7C0%7C1%7C636687347737325412&sdata=bHT71BNL1fxP7v4TfteSSeDF7tAV8X6xSnj77ZN1co0%3D&reserved=0>
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>> Since I did not see any prior Baltimore area reports of the plant on
>> either iNaturalist or EDDMapS, I wanted to make sure the listserve was made
>> aware of this sighting just in case.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Kate Wagner.
>>
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