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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I just spray it early in late Winter, not in Spring, to successfully avoid damage to natives. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Marc Imlay, PhD <br>Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group Conservation biologist, </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com"><b><span style='color:red;text-decoration:none'>Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>(301) 442-5657 cell Natural and Historical Resources Division</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tayerle, Lisa<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 08, 2016 8:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> John Ambler <john.ambler@verizon.net>; maipc@lists.maipc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] What grows after lesser celandine dies back ?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have an area that is thickly coverer by lesser celandine. But I still have Mayapples, Christmas ferns, Jack-in-pulpits and toothwort coming up through it. Not much else because it is heavily deer browsed. But I have had trouble spraying the LC in the spring because of the number of Mayapples that are poking through.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MAIPC [<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org">mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Ambler<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 08, 2016 5:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] What grows after lesser celandine dies back ?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In sites dominated by lesser celandine in the spring, what grows subsequently in the summer after its tops die down? If you have observed this, could you please post about it? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Observations over the years as lesser celandine gets dominant on flood plains or moist slopes with spring wildflowers would be especially helpful.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If invasion by lesser celandine favors invasion of other unwanted plants, this could help in arguing for control of it in natural areas by winter spraying (an idea which may be hard to sell to managers of natural areas).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John Ambler<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br />
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