[MAIPC] Cuscuta Id Please?

Judy Fulton jfulton5 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 30 16:29:40 PDT 2018


Rod,

To back up what you're saying, Maryland lists all dodders (Cuscuta spp.) 
under its noxious weed seed regulations (COMAR 15.08.01.05: 
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/comarhtml/15/15.08.01.05.htm). Also, 
other natives are included in this COMAR section -- wild onion (Allium 
canadense), horse nettle (Solanum carolinense) and cocklebur (Xanthium 
strumarium).

The noxious weed regulations (COMAR 15.08.02.04: 
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/comarhtml/15/15.08.02.04.htm) list 
"poison ivy or poison oak (Rhus spp.)" and nimblewill (Muhlenbergia 
schreberi). Plus this COMAR section doesn't distinguish between native 
and non-native species when it lists nutsedge (Cyperus spp.) and foxtail 
(Setaria spp.).

Judy
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Consultant & Educator, Native and Invasive Plants
Master Gardener, University of Maryland Extension
Chair, Maryland Invasive Species Council Subcommittee on Invasives Lists
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On 7/30/2018 2:05 PM, Rod Simmons wrote:
>
> Yes, some of this nonsense goes back to the USDA weed manual (written 
> for farmers by Clyde Reed in the 1950s I think) where native plants 
> like Rhus, Asclepias, Vitis, Solidago, etc., are all listed as weeds 
> to be destroyed.
>
> Of course, as you say, it’s far worse when natural lands managers are 
> the ones doing this!
>
> *From:* Erik Kiviat <kiviat at bard.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 30, 2018 2:00 PM
> *To:* Rod Simmons <Rod.Simmons at alexandriava.gov>
> *Cc:* Mike Van Clef <mike.vanclef at gmail.com>; Kaufman, Sylvan 
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> McAvoy, William (DNREC) <William.McAvoy at state.de.us>; Moore, Gerry - 
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> Weakley, Alan <weakley at bio.unc.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [MAIPC] Cuscuta Id Please?
>
> Good point, Rod - I agree wholeheartedly!
>
> I have heard of managers whacking, or almost whacking, plants that 
> were or were very likely native species (dodder, Phragmites, a 
> thistle, a climbing Polygonum).
>
> Erik
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Rod Simmons 
> <Rod.Simmons at alexandriava.gov <mailto:Rod.Simmons at alexandriava.gov>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     Again, a word of caution to not target native Dodder (/Cuscuta/
>     spp.) species.  They are valuable native plants despite how they
>     might appear to the subjective aesthetics of humans.  As with Best
>     Management Practices regarding the control all non-native invasive
>     plant species, a plant should not be removed/treated unless
>     identification is 100% certain that it’s a non-native.
>
>     Delaware lists /C. epilinum/  on its weed list (attached).
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     _____________________________
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>     Rod Simmons
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>     *From:* MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org
>     <mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org>> *On Behalf Of *Erik Kiviat
>     *Sent:* Monday, July 30, 2018 1:29 PM
>     *To:* Mike Van Clef <mike.vanclef at gmail.com
>     <mailto:mike.vanclef at gmail.com>>
>     *Cc:* MAIPC Board <maipc at lists.maipc.org
>     <mailto:maipc at lists.maipc.org>>
>     *Subject:* Re: [MAIPC] Id Please?
>
>     Hello Mike, et al.
>
>     The dodder I collected at the Kane Natural Area (now mitigation
>     bank) in Carlstadt about 10 yr ago was C. japonica. It has
>     apparently not been seen again there, but who knows. We also found
>     this in 2015 in the Berry's Creek study area not too far away.
>
>     As I recall, the first specimen keyed out to C. umbrosa because
>     japonica was not in the keys we had (the usual northeastern
>     floras). There may be a more cosmopolitan Cuscuta key on the Web (?).
>
>     If you have a putative umbrosa or japonica specimen, you could ask
>     Mihai Costea <costea at wlu.ca <mailto:costea at wlu.ca>> if he would be
>     willing to look at it - he's a world class dodderologist. You will
>     need a good flowering specimen.
>
>     I would not be at all surprised to find C. japonica elsewhere in
>     NJ. FYI, both our Meadowlands specimens had purplish stems rather
>     than the usual doddery yellow or orange.
>
>     Best, Erik
>
>     *From:* MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org
>     <mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org>> *On Behalf Of *Mike Van Clef
>     *Sent:* Monday, July 30, 2018 1:19 PM
>     *To:* Kaufman, Sylvan <sylvan.kaufman at gmail.com
>     <mailto:sylvan.kaufman at gmail.com>>; Kiviat, Erik <kiviat at bard.edu
>     <mailto:kiviat at bard.edu>>
>     *Cc:* MAIPC Board <maipc at lists.maipc.org
>     <mailto:maipc at lists.maipc.org>>
>     *Subject:* Re: [MAIPC] Id Please?
>
>     I may or may not just be adding confusion, but Erik Kiviat found
>     an interesting dodder in the New Jersey Meadowlands about a decade
>     ago.  I do not think it was persistent?
>
>     Cuscuta umbrosa
>
>     The NJ Strike Team lists C. japonica as a "Watch" species.
>
>     -Mike
>
>
>     Michael Van Clef, Ph.D.
>
>     Stewardship Director, Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
>
>     Program Director, New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team
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>
>     Michael Van Clef, Ph.D.
>
>     Stewardship Director, Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
>
>     Program Director, New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team
>
>     Principal, Ecological Solutions, LLC
>
>     Office: 609-730-1560
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>     Mobile: 908-528-6674
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>     On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 1:13 PM Mike Van Clef
>     <mike.vanclef at gmail.com <mailto:mike.vanclef at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         I may or may not just be adding confusion, but Erik Kiviat
>         found an interesting dodder in the New Jersey Meadowlands
>         about a decade ago.  I do not think it was persistent?
>
>         Cuscuta umbrosa
>
>         The NJ Strike Team lists C. japonica as a "Watch" species.
>
>         -Mike
>
>
>         Michael Van Clef, Ph.D.
>
>         Stewardship Director, Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
>
>         Program Director, New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team
>
>         Principal, Ecological Solutions, LLC
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>         Office: 609-730-1560
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>         Mobile: 908-528-6674
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>         On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 12:14 PM Sylvan Kaufman
>         <sylvan.kaufman at gmail.com <mailto:sylvan.kaufman at gmail.com>>
>         wrote:
>
>             I don't think Japanese dodder has been reported further
>             north than South Carolina on the east coast so far (see
>             https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17116
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>             If you look at photos of it in CA, it covers entire shrubs
>             and trees unlike the native dodders.  Otherwise it is hard
>             to tell it apart from the native dodders as it sometimes
>             doesn't flower and can only be distinguished using DNA
>             analysis.
>
>             Sylvan
>
>             On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 10:03 AM Marian Orlousky
>             <morlousky at appalachiantrail.org
>             <mailto:morlousky at appalachiantrail.org>> wrote:
>
>                 Does anyone know much about the distribution of
>                 Japanese dodder?  When in NJ a few years back, with a
>                 field biologist from the NYNJ Trail Conference, she
>                 indicated the Cuscuta we were seeing in a wetland area
>                 was invasive. I don't see this very often but I did
>                 just spot it in Harriman State Park in NY this past
>                 week. Wishing I had taken a closer look.
>
>                 Marian Orlousky
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>                 *From:*MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org
>                 <mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org>> on behalf of
>                 Rohrbaugh, Andrew <anrohrbaug at pa.gov
>                 <mailto:anrohrbaug at pa.gov>>
>                 *Sent:* Friday, July 27, 2018 11:11:33 AM
>                 *To:* Rod Simmons; Jonathan Duffy
>                 *Cc:* <maipc at lists.maipc.org
>                 <mailto:maipc at lists.maipc.org>>
>                 *Subject:* Re: [MAIPC] Id Please?
>
>                 Agreed, they're very, very difficult to identify to
>                 species (you need fruits and flowers and a very fine
>                 ruler!)
>
>                 Andrew Rohrbaugh | Botanist
>                 Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural
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>                 -----Original Message-----
>                 From: MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org] On
>                 Behalf Of Rod Simmons
>                 Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 11:07 AM
>                 To: Jonathan Duffy <jrd at kinlochfarm.com
>                 <mailto:jrd at kinlochfarm.com>>
>                 Cc: <maipc at lists.maipc.org
>                 <mailto:maipc at lists.maipc.org>> <maipc at lists.maipc.org
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>                 Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Id Please?
>
>                 It’s Cuscuta - a valuable native species.  Probably C.
>                 campestre.
>
>                 Sent from my iPhone
>
>                 > On Jul 27, 2018, at 11:05 AM, Jonathan Duffy
>                 <jrd at kinlochfarm.com <mailto:jrd at kinlochfarm.com>> wrote:
>                 >
>                 > Any idea what this might be? It is very localized
>                 and along a drainage ditch.
>                 >
>                 > Thanks, Jonathan Duffy
>                 >
>                 >
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