Thursday, October 9, 2008

Show Me Smart Gardening RED LIGHT LIST: I -TEAM Training Scheduling Now


GREAT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center. DC CAMPUS PLANT POLICE POSITIONS!
This is not the A-Team but the I-Team (Invasive Task Force)
CONTACT MARYANN FOR MORE INFORMATION! PATROL TEAMS FORMING –SPECIAL TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFIED GREAT VOLUNTEERS WHO WISH TO ROVE AROUND THE CAMPUS AND ARE WILLING TO BE ON CALL- REPORT TO MARYANN FOR DUTY ASSIGNMENT!

RED LIGHT LIST.

Here is our Red Light Watch List for the DC campus
(These are to be removed whenever they infiltrate anywhere-these are our first worries- All suspect plant and their removal will need to be handled through our new report / verification process.)

Trees and vines:

4 Way Stop: Use all measures to halt and remove

Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica and cultivars ‘Hall’s,’ ‘Purpurea,’
‘Reticulata
Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii (Pictured)
Porcelainberry Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Paper Mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera
Purple Beautyberry Callicarpa dichotoma
Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus
Autumn-olive Elaeagnus umbellatus
Sweet Autumn Clematis Clematis terniflora/ C. paniculata:
Autumn-olive Elaeagnus umbellatus
Winterberry Euonymus Euonymus fortunei
White Mulberry Morus alba:
Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora
Boston Ivy Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Full Stop / Removal Watch Now & Year Round

Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Tree-of-Heaven Ailanthus altissima
European Alder Alnus glutinosa
Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii
Burning Bush Euonymus alata
Goldenrain Tree Koelreuteria paniculata
Privets Ligustrum spp.
European Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica
Glossy Buckthorn Rhamnus frangula
Siberian “Chinese” Elm Ulmus pumila
True Chinese or Lacebark Elm Ulmus parvifolia

Persistant & Perennial

4 Way Stop

Sericea Lespedeza sericea
Japanese Bush-clover Lespedeza thunbergii
Nodding Thistle Carduus nutans
Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa
Black Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecurroides ‘Moudry’ and ‘National’
Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea non-native strain

Full Stop / Remove Now

Crown Vetch Coronilla varia
Greek Foxglove Digitalis ferruginea
Teasels Dipsacum laciniata and other similar species
Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea (in bed areas)
Yellow Flag Iris Iris pseudacorus
Perennial Sweet Pea Lathyrus perennis
Bird’sfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus (aka “Pea from Hell”)
Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Eulalia Grass, Maiden Grass or just “Miscanthus” Miscanthus sinensis
“Pampas” grass Miscanthus sacchariflorus
Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa
Black Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecurroides ‘Moudry’ and ‘National’
Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea non-native strain
Hardy Pampas Grass or Ravenna Grass Saccharum ravennae formerly Erianthus
Ravennae
Chameleon plant” Houttuynia cordata

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