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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F1F1E4'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727'>When the references below in the May invader of the month are examined the general consensus in a group discussion several years ago was that </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Japanese barberry and Asiatic bush honeysuckle these invasive plants</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>greatly increase the risk of ticks with the lyme Disease parasite, Borelia burgdorferi, by a factor of 8.8 for the barberry and 10 for the honeysuckle. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F1F1E4'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F1F1E4'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727'>For more information on these topics:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F1F1E4'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727'>Invasive honeysuckle eradication reduces tick-borne disease risk by altering host dynamics – <a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/107/43/18523"><span style='color:#696963'>http://www.pnas.org/content/107/43/18523</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F1F1E4'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727'>Not So Merry Exotic Barberry – <a href="http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/dec-2006/"><span style='color:#696963'>http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/dec-2006/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F1F1E4'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727'>Controlling Japanese Barberry Helps Stop Spread of Tick-Borne Diseases – <a href="https://today.uconn.edu/2012/02/controlling-japanese-barberry-helps-stop-spread-of-tick-borne-diseases/"><span style='color:#696963'>https://today.uconn.edu/2012/02/controlling-japanese-barberry-helps-stop-spread-of-tick-borne-diseases/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <a href="http://mdinvasives.org/category/iotm/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#444444'>Invader of the Month</span></a>. <a href="http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/may-2018/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#444444'>permalink</span></a>.</span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.5pt;background:#88050A'><b><span style='font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://mdinvasives.org/category/iotm/">Invader of the Month</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:27.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:25.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#272725'>Are Invasive Plants “Bugging” You?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Japanese barberry and bush honeysuckle– <i>Berberis thumbergii and Lonicera maackii</i>| <a href="http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/may-2018/"><span style='color:#444444'>May 01, 2018</span></a>| <a href="http://mdinvasives.org/author/mdinvasives/"><span style='color:#444444'>Maryland Invasive Species Council</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F1F1E4'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#272727'>Contact: Marc Imlay, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission | <a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/may-2018/">http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/may-2018/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=58 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> 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