<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Stephen,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">It is my understanding that <i>Phytophthora ramorum</i>, a water mold that causes Sudden Oak Death (SOD) and Ramorum blight, has not been confirmed in the wild in the eastern U.S. Surveillance monitoring continues in nurseries and streams in the East. Over the past decade, there have been some positive detections in nurseries in the East (e.g., plants coming from a major California nursery supplier) but no detections in the wild. Let's hope that continues!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> <i>Vinca minor</i> and its close relative <i>V. major</i> are highly invasive plants that threaten natural areas 

(<a href="https://www.invasive.org/midatlantic/subject.cfm?sub=3081">https://www.invasive.org/midatlantic/subject.cfm?sub=3081</a>)

</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The </span><i style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Vinca-Ramorum</i><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> association was confirmed in a botanic garden in Washington state. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">While the negative impact of <i>P. ramorum</i> on </span><i style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Vinca </i><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">could be seen as welcome news to some of us, it also means that </span><i style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Vinca</i><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> could potentially allow the pathogen to establish and spread in the wild where conditions are favorable. </span>The pathogen could spread to forests in WA and to other states via nursery stock. Gardens and arboreta that feature <i>Vinca </i>plantings could be recipients of infected plants of <i>Vinca </i>or many other <i>P. ramorum </i>susceptible species.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">This news should serve as another reason to remove <i>Vinca </i>from intentional plantings and wild locations where it has escaped.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Here's a corrected link to the Vinca article:<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-08-20-1721-PDN">https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-08-20-1721-PDN</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">More information on Sudden Oak Death</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://www.suddenoakdeath.org/">https://www.suddenoakdeath.org/</a>  <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://www.suddenoakdeath.org/about-sudden-oak-death/">https://www.suddenoakdeath.org/about-sudden-oak-death/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">These are my non-expert thoughts and prognostications. I'm copying Dr. David Clement, University of Maryland Extension Plant Pathologist, for his comments.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Jil</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 8:35 AM Stephen Hiltner <<a href="mailto:stevehiltner@gmail.com">stevehiltner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">What is the status of SOD on the east coast, and does the news about vinca suggest we should be removing vinca from gardens?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 8:24 AM Jil Swearingen <<a href="mailto:jilswearingen@gmail.com" target="_blank">jilswearingen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please see the attached notice on 3 invasive species prepared by Faith Campbell.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Jil</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-s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