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<p class="xmsonormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Can anyone on this email group help respond to these questions:
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<p class="xmsonormal">How do we best distinguish the American native crabapples from Asian ones? According to Flora of Virginia, it looks like a main character is thorn-like branches coming off of the American ones. Is there a better “clincher” that you know
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Patricia Pearl Greenberg<br>
Ecologist II</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Invasive Management Area Program Manager</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Natural Resource Branch<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Fairfax County Park Authority<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Office: 703-324-8673<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Fax: 703-324-3996<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:patricia.greenberg@fairfaxcounty.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">patricia.greenberg@fairfaxcounty.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(She/Her)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">ISA Certified Arborist,</span></i><i>
</i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">MA-6067A</span></i><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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