[MAIPC] FW: [FriendsOfSligoCreek] Re Takoma Park, trees, and vines.

[Marc Imlay]

This is a great article! The only thing I would add is to use a small amount of herbicide on the invasive vine cut stump. (Most anti pesticide groups agree this is a good use of pesticides.)

 

Train your volunteers that “Cutting vines from a tree is not rocket science, but it does require some basic knowledge to be able to differentiate invasive vines from native vines, which sometimes look similar. Native vines, including grapevines, Virginia creeper, and poison ivy, coevolved with the region's native trees, and can coexist in peace. Native vines are also a valuable source of food for local fauna, while invasives are either not eaten or provide low-nutrient food for animals.”

 

Marc Imlay

Maryland Sierra Club Natural Places Committee

 

From: FriendsOfSligoCreek at groups.io <FriendsOfSligoCreek at groups.io> On Behalf Of Kit Gage via groups.io
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Subject: [FriendsOfSligoCreek] Re Takoma Park, trees, and vines.

 

Good story about a grassroots effort that’s seeing results removing vines from trees.

 

 

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/07/09/1014566230/this-man-documented-5-000-trees-being-killed-by-vines-in-takoma-park 

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