<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp1f43dc0dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div>The Invasive Plants guide sold by StackPole is sorted climatically and I have found it a good indicator of what can transition with a few degrees of minimum maximum temperatures. But it will take longer for them to acclimate their reproductive day length cycles to be fertile seed distributors. </div><div><br></div><div class="ydp1f43dc0dsignature"><div style="font-size:medium;font-family:new times, serif;"><div>Melissa A. Bravo, M.S. CCA, Agronomist </div><div>Meadow Lake Farm Consulting Services 814-574-4067 / bravomelissa@yahoo.com </div><div><br></div><br><br><div><div><br><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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On Thursday, January 31, 2019, 10:10:44 AM EST, Ossi, Damien (DOEE) <damien.ossi@dc.gov> wrote:
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<p class="ydp830dca7ayiv5853458367MsoNormal">Question: What, if any, invasive plant species appear to be spreading into the mid-Atlantic due to climate change? I know there’s been talk of southern magnolia and other species that are native to just south of here starting to naturalize
in our area, but I’m more interested exotic invasives. </p>
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<p class="ydp830dca7ayiv5853458367MsoNormal">What invasive plants are common in southern Virginia or northern North Carolina that we just don’t have in our area, but could move here with warmer climates?</p>
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<p class="ydp830dca7ayiv5853458367MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
<p class="ydp830dca7ayiv5853458367MsoNormal">Damien</p>
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<p class="ydp830dca7ayiv5853458367MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Damien P. Ossi</span></b></p>
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