<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">We should be removing vinca from gardens anyway, but now that we know<span style="line-height: 107%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><em class="">Vinca minor</em> is
a host for <em class="">Phytophthora ramorum</em>, which causes
sudden oak death, it is ever more urgent. In areas along the Potomac Gorge vinca has completely obliterated native plants</span><!--EndFragment--> in large areas. Many of these areas used to be homesteads before it became a National Park. And they planted vinca…<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marney Bruce<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 22, 2021, at 8:34 AM, Stephen Hiltner <<a href="mailto:stevehiltner@gmail.com" class="">stevehiltner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">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 class=""><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" class="">jilswearingen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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" class=""><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 class=""></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 class=""></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 class=""></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 class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">.......................</div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Jil Swearingen</div><div class="">Secretary, Maryland Native Plant Society</div><div class="">Board, Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council</div><div class="">-----------------------------------<br class=""></div><div class="">In the Weeds Consulting<br class=""></div><div class="">Cheverly, MD 20785</div></div><div class="">410-200-7085<br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://in-the-weeds.com/" target="_blank" class="">https://in-the-weeds.com/</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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