<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Earlier this summer I tagged several plants and agree that the non-native honeysuckles are being heavily knocked back in northern Berks County, PA. I am not sure if I agree with your assessment of the lignified versus non-lignified tissues and vigorous versus non-vigorous growth as the leaves on many pants are simply dying. I am seeing witches broom on many bush honeysuckles. Chlorosis seems to be prevalent throughout. Leaf shape on infected plants appears to change, making plant identification somewhat confusing. At least on <em>Lonicera</em> <em>japonica</em>, many plants appear to have notched leaves on the outer margins that appears to be herbivory. Simultaneously with the notching is chlorosis. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>If you go to my
FB Biocontrol page, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Biocontrol/478613962188654">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Biocontrol/478613962188654</a>, you will see photos of what I am doing tracking <em>Lonicera</em> <em>maacki</em>, <em>Lonicera</em> <em>morrowii</em>, <em>Lonicera</em> <em>japonica</em>, <em>Perilla</em> <em>frutescens</em>, <em>Ailanthus</em> <em>altissima</em>, <em>Rosa</em> <em>multiflora</em> and others. One interesting observation is that when I see a heavily diseased woody non-native, I also see the other woody non-natives in contact with it or in close proximity showing the same symptoms. This is probably related to the ecosystems of origin for these plants being the same or very close together.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>One exciting observation is that <em>Ailanthus</em> <em>altissima</em> plants that last summer were heavily infested with <em>Atteva</em> <em>aurea</em> are this year
showing chlorosis and dieback. I am not convinced yet that the dieback is caused by <em>Atteva</em> <em>aurea</em> as the trees are located in a flood plain. and the dieback may be due to other factors. Mostly this year, I am seeing more <em>Aculops</em> <em>ailanthii</em> than <em>Atteva</em> <em>aurea</em>. This may change as the season progresses as this has been a very late summer.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div>As I get time, I will post more photos on FB and write a more thorough account of my observations.</div><div> </div><div>If anyone is in my area and wants to spend a couple hours with me walking along Blue Marsh, it will be appreciated as another perspective is always very good to ensure that my observations are
correct.</div><div> </div><div> Richard Gardner</div><div> </div><div>Richard T. Gardner<br></div><div><br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div
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<div>A message from Dr. Richard L. Boyce:<br>As I noted last year about this time,
this year I’m again seeing a lot of honeysuckle leaf blight on Amur honeysuckle
(Lonicera maackii) in the Cincinnati area. One additional wrinkle is that I’m
now seeing it in an area where I’ve also found a lot of dead honeysuckle. This
is an area called Woodland Mound Park, just east of Cincinnati, where I’ve been
working since 2005. I did not collect data there last year, so I don’t know if
the leaf blight led to these particular honeysuckles dying, but let’s just say
that circumstantial evidence is high, since there was a lot of blight all over
the area last year. This is also the first time I’ve seen enough dead
honeysuckles to notice (mainly medium-sized bushes a few feet high).</div>
<div>Once again, I’ve mainly seen the blight on vigorous growth, i.e., on stems
that haven’t yet lignified.</div>
<div>I would ask you to again report any sightings of leaf blight you see on any
honeysuckle species. I’ve included a couple of pictures that may help. I spent
the last two weeks in in New England, where I mainly saw Tatarian and Japanese
honeysuckle, and I didn’t notice any leaf blight there.</div>
<div>================================<br>Richard L. Boyce, Ph.D.<br>Director,
Environmental Science Program<br>Professor<br>Department of Biological Sciences,
SC 150<br>Northern Kentucky University<br>Nunn Drive<br>Highland Heights, KY
41099 USA</div>
<div>859-572-1407 (tel.)<br>boycer@nku.edu<br></div></div></div><br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Richard Gardner
[mailto:rtgardner3@yahoo.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 01, 2013 2:45
PM<br><b>To:</b> Marc Imlay; INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
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<div><span>Since beefsteak plant is in the mint family, I would be looking at
the insects and fungi, especially powdery mildew, which cause problems for
<i>Monarda</i> <i>fistulosa</i> and <i>Monarda</i> <i>didyma</i>.
Powdery mildew did extensive damage to my bee balms this summer. I will be
posting to my Biocontrol FB page later this week photos from Woodmont NRMA, near
Hancock, MD which I took today showing beefsteak plant with potential
issues.</span></div>
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<div><span>The other possibilities is that since it has a wonderful fragrance is
to harvest and dry it commercially for tea or harvest it fresh and add it to
vodka, bourbon or rum for a wonderful sugar-free version of a mint
julep.</span></div>
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Richard Gardner</div></span>
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<div align="left" dir="ltr"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="yiv511973177-31082013"><b>Perilla frutescens, Beefsteak Plant,
has become the second worst invasive plant at the 200 acre Ruth Swann Park in
Charles county, MD. Has anyone seen any patches in trouble by potential
biological controls?</b></span></font></div>
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[mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard
Gardner<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 30, 2013 1:38 PM<br><b>To:</b>
maipc@lists.maipc.org; INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC]
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<div><span>WALK WITH AN ECOLOGIST<br>On Saturday, October 5 in Berks County,
PA meet on North Heidelberg Road at the trail head next to Rt. 183, near
Bernville at 9:00 a.m. . Then walk south along Rt. 183 to view ongoing
research into various invasive plants that are being eradicated by native
organisms and plants that are not yet in the process. At the same time we will
discuss the theory and practice to enhance this process. From there we will
loop trail to Sheidy Road to view a mile-a-minute bed of several acres. Then
we will head back to the cars at the start. <br> Total distance will be @
7 miles with a long easy stretch at the beginning and moderate climbs in the
second half. There is a 3 mile out and back option of flat trail for those who
are interested. <br> For people who like showy native flowers there are
beds of <i>Rudbeckia</i> <i>laciniata</i>, <i>Ascelpius</i> <i>syrica</i>,
<i>Verbisina</i> <i>alternifolia</i>, <i>Monarda</i> <i>fistulosa,</i> and
various <i>Solidago</i> sp.. Some of these should be full of butterflies and
moths.</span></div>
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<div>Richard T. Gardner<span class="yiv511973177-31082013"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"> </font></span></div>
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Friday, August 30, 2013 7:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'john peter
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<div align="left" dir="ltr"><span class="yiv511973177-30082013"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><b>So what did nursery stores tell costumers to do
when they complained that their beefsteak plant was having
trouble?</b></font></span>
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<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 19, 2013 7:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mark
Imlay<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Beefsteak Plant<br></font><br></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font-size: 12pt;">I
will investigate - Perilla by the way has been for sale in USA since early
19th century (USDA ARS NAL Special Collections - Nursery Catalogs)<br id="yiv511973177FontBreak"></font><br><br>
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<div align="left" dir="ltr"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="yiv511973177ecx718523500-19082013"><b>Hi john
Peter,</b></span></font></div>
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<div align="left" dir="ltr"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="yiv511973177ecx718523500-19082013"><b>Perilla frutescens has become the
second worst invasive plant at the 200 acre Ruth B. Swann Park in Charles
County. Other folks are finding the sme problem. Any status on biologival
controls? What did gardeners who planted it years ago have to protect it
from?</b></span></font></div>
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<div align="left" dir="ltr"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="yiv511973177ecx718523500-19082013"><b>Marc</b></span></font></div><br></div></div></span><br></div></div></div></div><br><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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