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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-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?loadTemplate=tabular_report.wmt&paging=home&save=all&sourceTemplate=reviewMiddle.wmt">http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?loadTemplate=tabular_report.wmt&paging=home&save=all&sourceTemplate=reviewMiddle.wmt</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>shows many GX (extinct) plants such as </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="javascript:launch_detailed_report('species','RptComprehensive.wmt','147765')"><i>Astilbe crenatiloba</i><span class=apple-converted-space> </span></a> Crenate-lobed False Goat's-beard, formerly found in Tennessee. The article<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.nivemnic.us/on-the-road-to-extinction-invasive-plants-do-have-significant-impacts/" target="_blank">http://www.nivemnic.us/on-the-road-to-extinction-invasive-plants-do-have-significant-impacts/</a></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>On the Road to Extinction, Invasive Plants Do Have Significant Impacts, instead says that none of the species have been proven to be extinct. This is important because invasive species typically cover at least 20 % of the natural areas replacing most of the natives. That in turn is an important justification to permit host specific, effective biological controls, especially on the worst ones such as Japanese Stiltgrass, Japanese Knotweed, and Lesser Celandine. </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator. </span></b><a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;text-decoration:none'>Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><a href="tel:%28301%29%20442-5657" target="_blank">(301) 442-5657</a> cell Natural and Historical Resources Division</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Lynn M. Davidson -DNR- [mailto:lynn.davidson@maryland.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 20, 2016 2:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [INVASIVES] [MAIPC] Faith's new blog - invasive plants as extinction driver<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Marc,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I forgot to mention that this database contains older SRanks for Maryland (or most states) than what we maintain, because we only update the NatureServe central database from our database every 3 - 5 years or so (unfortunately!).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Lynn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Marc,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>You can use NatureServe's Explorer website to generate a list of extinct plants (or animals):<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe">http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe</a></span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>At the top of the page are various tabs for "Name" "Location" "Status". You can leave the name field blank and search for GX or SX on the Status tab and MD on the Location tab if you only want to see those species in MD.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>lynn</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Lynn Davidson</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999'>Conservation Technology Manager</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999'>Maryland Dept of Natural Resources</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999'>Wildlife and Heritage Service</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999'>Natural Heritage Program</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999'>580 Taylor Ave, E-1</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999'>Annapolis, MD 21401</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999'>Office: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="tel:410-260-8563" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>410-260-8563</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Does anyone have a list of extinct native plant species?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.nivemnic.us/on-the-road-to-extinction-invasive-plants-do-have-significant-impacts/" target="_blank">http://www.nivemnic.us/on-the-road-to-extinction-invasive-plants-do-have-significant-impacts/</a></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;color:#333333'>On the Road to Extinction, Invasive Plants Do Have Significant Impacts</span></b><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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> MAIPC [<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:Phytodoer@aol.com" target="_blank">Phytodoer@aol.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 19, 2016 1:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ficmnew@ls.ars.usda.gov" target="_blank">ficmnew@ls.ars.usda.gov</a>; <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>; <a href="mailto:necis@lists.nationalwildlife.org" target="_blank">necis@lists.nationalwildlife.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] Faith's new blog - invasive plants as extinction driver</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b> <o:p></o:p></b></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear Forest Pest Mavens & others,</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I have posted a new blog at <a href="http://www.cisp.us" target="_blank">www.cisp.us</a> This one summarizes the arguments made by Downey and Richardson re: the role of non-native invasive plants in pushing native plant species along the "extinction trajectory". Downey and Richardson are countering arguments by some that invasive plant species have trivial impacts and so should not become the focus of expensive or difficult management efforts. </span><o:p></o:p></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I hope you find it interesting ... and will share it with your colleagues.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:11.55pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Faith</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><br />
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