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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Mock Strawberry, Duchesnia indica<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>At Ruth B. Swann Park in Charles County I notice that about ½ pass on after flower and before seed by late July. Attached is a photo I took today while removing it in the forest in Swann Park while also removing Japanese honeysuckle, wineberry, and Asiatic bittersweet. Is this a plaque and a potential bio-control?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Marc Imlay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Indian strawberry does not taste good</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Indian strawberry, Duchesnea indica</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=515 height=768 style='width:5.3645in;height:8.0in' id=mainimage src="cid:image001.jpg@01D745E8.029509D0" alt="https://bugwoodcloud.org/images/768x512/1120078.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Duchesnea indica with flower fruit and leaves</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Indian strawberry, Duchesnea indica, is in the Rose family, </span></b><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rosaceae, </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>and was introduced from India</span></b> <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>as a medicinal and an ornamental plant. It does not taste good and I remind my volunteers of that before they try to eat it. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Indian Strawberry</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> <b>(Mock Strawberry) A weedy, ground-hugging plant that roots from runners. Flowers solitary, arising from leafy joints along the stems, with 5 leafy bracts at the base of the flower that are toothed and larger than the sepals. Petals 5, yellow. Blooms April-June. Leaves compound with 3 parts; leaflets coarsely toothed, </b></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Indian strawberry is a serious invader of narrow edge habitat along trails in the forest. I have successfully removed it in the parks where I manage non-native invasive species. I am so glad I did because the native plants come back as a result. A few dense patches were sprayed but mechanical removal worked very well. Volunteers dig slightly into the ground and it easily comes out by the roots. The edge habitat is very important because that is the primary habitat for many native plants. Outside the forest it is a fast-spreading evergreen groundcover in shady areas and sunny, moist areas.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#272727;background:#F1F1E4'>Photo credits</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Field photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1120078#collapseseven"><span style='color:blue'>James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org </span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#272727;background:#F1F1E4'>Authors</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Marc Imlay,</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> PhD,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Natural Places Committee chair, Sierra Club, Maryland Chapter</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#272727;background:#F1F1E4'>For further information:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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