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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This is fairly common. I'm not sure if it is from all the wet weather or enhanced by the wet weather. I know that there is a pathogen or two in the Bipolaris genus that is killing Japanese stilt grass that was discovered in West Virginia.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Richard Gardner</div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, September 14, 2019, 09:08:11 AM EDT, Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773"><div><div class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773WordSection1"><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Garrett, Chris <Chris.Garrett@pgparks.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 14, 2019 8:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: rust on Japanese Stilt grass</p></div></div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal">One patch. However there wasn’t a lot of stilt grass around. I feel as though someone has been pulling it.</p></div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal">The patch was at the trail head of cranesville swamp off of feather rd. off of cranseville rd. </p></div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"><img style="width: 100%; max-width: 800px;" id="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773_x0037_C9467C8-1B4A-408E-A7B8-A6270798D1B0" src="cid:b4SBfqWUzU6lvXSCyZXc" alt="Image" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></p></div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"><img style="width: 100%; max-width: 800px;" id="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773CD4A9238-F925-4367-AD24-7EA4BBC59D69" src="cid:AxGLuURc3H6flRNTrCih" alt="Image" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></p></div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal">Christopher Garrett</p></div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal">Senior Park Ranger</p></div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal">Natural and Historical Resources Division </p></div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal">The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission </p></div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal">301-627-7755</p></div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div><div class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></div><div id="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="color:black;"> Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 14, 2019 7:47:37 AM<br><b>To:</b> Garrett, Chris <<a href="mailto:Chris.Garrett@pgparks.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris.Garrett@pgparks.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> rust on Japanese Stilt grass</span> </p><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><div><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Hey Chris,</span></p><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">About how many stilt grass specimens did you find rust killing them , one , 10, 100? This makes a difference in justifying searching for host species of Bipolaris microstegii.</span></p><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Marc </span></p><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p><div id="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p><table class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellpadding="0" style="border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt;"><tbody><tr><td width="55" style="width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;"><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avast.com%2Fsig-email%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Demailclient%26utm_term%3Dicon&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf83f47240c69489def1208d739095cce%7Ca9061e0c24ca4c1cbeff039bb8c05816%7C0%7C0%7C637040584695252734&sdata=JPN%2FB4IWIUFc2oqdJPByyQVAOkVgxkvDQ9yb3VBnZ5A%3D&reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, serif;text-decoration:none;"><img border="0" width="46" height="29" style="width:.4791in;min-height:.302in;" id="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773_x0000_i1028" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></span></a><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, serif;color:#333333;"></span></p></td><td width="470" style="width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#41424E;">Virus-free. <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avast.com%2Fsig-email%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Demailclient%26utm_term%3Dlink&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf83f47240c69489def1208d739095cce%7Ca9061e0c24ca4c1cbeff039bb8c05816%7C0%7C0%7C637040584695252734&sdata=zjI1pI%2Fy3icCGubn4LyL4pepX6NkJw1CUPSfijDh6lA%3D&reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4453EA;">www.avast.com</span></a> </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="ydp8ca70e10yiv3339231773MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>MAIPC mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><br></div>
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