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<p class="MsoNormal">Below is an info request from a colleague at Virginia Natural Heritage Program doing a risk assessment of Corydalis incisa.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am working on assessing the invasive risk level of <i>Corydalis incisa</i> in Virginia. Some of you may have found this species in the field and have firsthand accounts of it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm looking for any additional information that might be out there, besides the Phytoneuron paper (Atha, Schuler and Lumban Tobing 2014) and the NYBG blog post derived from that paper.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After reading through these, some of the questions I still have are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1) Has it been found invading undisturbed natural areas?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2) What kinds of impacts does it appear to have on the ecological communities it has invaded?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3a) Do we have an idea of its current range in North America? /its potential range?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3b) Do we know if it is limited to a particular kind of habitat (i.e. forested riparian)?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4) Is anything known about its management difficulty, seed bank, etc?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any information pertaining to this species (sighting locations, treatment efforts, habitat descriptions, etc.) would be very helpful and greatly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Chelsea C. Richardson<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Richmond, Virginia 23219<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kevin Heffernan</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Stewardship Biologist</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Division of Natural Heritage</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">600 E Main Street, 16th Floor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">804.786.9112</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:kevin.heffernan@dcr.virginia.gov"><span style="color:blue">kevin.heffernan@dcr.virginia.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage"><span style="color:blue">www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe."</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> --John Muir</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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