[MAIPC] USBG looking for invasive species to cut for 'sculpture' - updated

[Diana Carter]

I agree-this is a plentiful invasive. Not sure how you get permission to cut down along roadsides. It is very plentiful along route 7 and route 267 in Fairfax and Loudoun Counties. 

A word of caution about Tree of Heaven: cutting causes multiple trees to sprout from the root system. This species needs specialized technique with herbicide. So that is not a good one for your needs. 

Diana Carter

On Apr 29, 2019, at 4:25 PM, Kathleen Michels <michelskm2016 at gmail.com> wrote:

 How about Bradford Pear? There is PLENTY of that!!  All over the roadsides and displacing other trees in Parks
-kathy
Kathleen Michels, PhD
michelskm2016 at gmail.com
301-922-3816


> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 2:39 PM Mims, Ray <rmims at aoc.gov> wrote:
> The United States Botanic Garden is hoping to have Patrick Dougherty build a sculpture on site this fall http://www.stickwork.net.  We need to find a location for USBG Staff and Volunteers to cut invasive species saplings in late September. Possible species include paper mulberry, tree-of-heaven, and Siberian elm, Norway maple (or if you know of other places where thinning is needed noninvasive willows, maples, sweet-gum, possibly ash and elm would work).  The saplings must be fresh and green and flexible.  He needs saplings in GREAT QUANTITY in roughly three sizes as described below:
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> ·        300 LARGE sticks should be 2 inches to 2 ½ inches in diameter at the base and as long as possible, at least 25 feet long.
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> ·        MEDIUM sticks should be 1inch to 1 ½ inches in diameter over the length and approximately fifteen long.  Longer is wonderful if available. 
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> ·        SMALL sticks should be finger-size from ¼ inch to ½ inch in diameter at the base and range from 4 feet to six feet in length.
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> The overall amount of material should fill two 5-ton trucks or one tractor trailer load, with 300 LARGE sticks, and the remainder divided evenly; that is, 50% comprised of MEDIUM and 50% comprised of SMALL sticks.
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> If you have an idea of an area that might be available or a suggestion of who we might contact, please let Devin Dotson, copied here, know.
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> Many thanks for your assistance and any idea you might have,
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