<div dir="auto">Hi Marc, I conjecture that the extraordinary rainfall of 2018 may have benefited some plants and changed their behavior. That may be the case with your honeysuckle. Similarly, my personal observation is that the seed bank of Garlic Mustard seems to have been stimulated with a lot of germination this spring of first-year rosettes. Hopefully that may help our control efforts in the longer run. Cheers, Steve Young </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 5, 2019, 7:39 AM Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_7314614007198975057WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Big mystery. I noticed at Cherry Hill, and Little Paint Branch Park in PG county and Swann Park in Charles County that Japanese honeysuckle is about 5 times worse this year than last year. Volunteers can no longer remove it. We plan to come back in late fall or early winter. <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_7314614007198975057xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Marc Imlay, PhD, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7314614007198975057xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Chair, MAIPC Biological Control Working Group </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7314614007198975057xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Natural Places Committee Chair, Maryland Sierra Club</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7314614007198975057xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Board member of Maryland Native Plant Society</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7314614007198975057xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Conservation Biologist, Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control Coordinator. </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7314614007198975057xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Natural and Historical Resources Division</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_7314614007198975057xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p></div><div id="m_7314614007198975057DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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