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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>With the severe drought in Charles County, MD, for many weeks, that ended a few days ago, I noticed that about 75% of the stiltgrass looked dead. Question, are the intact seeds dead too?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Marc<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Marc Imlay <ialm@erols.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 22, 2019 7:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Marc Imlay' <ialm@erols.com><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Japanese stiltgrass<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>An infestation of <i>M. vimineum</i> documented in 2002 in Chapman State Park , Maryland, USA showed adverse impact on <i>Myosotis macrosperma</i> Engelm (largeseed forget-me-not), <i>Solidago bicolor</i> (white goldenrod), <i>Arisaema dracontium</i> (green dragon) and <i>Nemophila aphylla </i>(smallflower baby blue eyes) (<a href="https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/115603#58458EE6-81A1-40FD-9495-E92F932FABFD"><span style='color:blue'>Imlay, 2012</span></a>).<span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/115603">https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/115603</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 21, 2019 10:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a>; <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>; 'flory@ufl.edu' <<a href="mailto:flory@ufl.edu">flory@ufl.edu</a>>; 'amminnis@fs.fed.us' <<a href="mailto:amminnis@fs.fed.us">amminnis@fs.fed.us</a>>; 'Amy.Rossman@ars.usda.gov' <<a href="mailto:Amy.Rossman@ars.usda.gov">Amy.Rossman@ars.usda.gov</a>>; 'nkleczew@purdue.edu' <<a href="mailto:nkleczew@purdue.edu">nkleczew@purdue.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Japanese stiltgrass<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>So what is the update on the host of Bipolaris microstegii?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Is it a native we can plant. Marc Imlay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/jrnl/2012/nrs_2012_minnis_002.pdf">https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/jrnl/2012/nrs_2012_minnis_002.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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