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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Here in central NC we are seeing more and more Youngia (Crepis) japonica, and in more-or-less remote natural areas as well as suburbia. Are others seeing this plant? It is a dandelion/Krigia/Hypochoeris relative, with very dense-hirsute basal leaves and scape.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Milo Pyne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Senior Regional Ecologist, SE US<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>NatureServe</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> – A Network Connecting Science with Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>6114 Fayetteville Rd., Suite 109<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Durham, NC USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>voice: 919.484.7857 ext. 136<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>fax: 919.484.7357<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>skype: milo.pyne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.natureserve.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>http://www.natureserve.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2B812B'>Like us on Facebook</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#3333CC'> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/natureserve%3e"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A62A7D'>www.facebook.com/natureserve</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A62A7D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#2B812B'>Watch us on YouTube</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003D80'> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/natureserve"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A62A7D'>www.youtube.com/natureserve</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#A62A7D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>