<div dir="auto">One other one that belatedly came to mind is Mimosa. Not that it's one of our biggest issues. But anecdotally, our normal DC-area winters used to get cold enough so that Mimosas seemed to get killed off pretty regularly. Within the last 20 years my sense is that we aren't seeing nearly as much winter kill and more of them are popping up.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Off on a tangent, another possible confounder for invasives in general is micro-evolutionary selection pressure. As but one example, I think I see this going on literally under my nose with Italian Arum, where I think selection pressures are breeding the more aggressive spreaders. There are probably many other and better examples. Garlic Mustard? Lesser Celandine? Etc.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers, Steve Young, Arlington VA </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jan 31, 2019, 10:10 AM Ossi, Damien (DOEE) <<a href="mailto:damien.ossi@dc.gov">damien.ossi@dc.gov</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Damien P. Ossi<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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