About invasives, the Giant Reed, or Phragmites something-or-other, is taking over and ruining wetlands of all types, all over. It doesn't seem to matter whether it's in salt, brakish or fresh water either. It's horrible. I hate it, and wish it wasn't here. Down in Cape May County a few years ago, someone was able to kill it and get the native salt-marsh vegetation to come back. I don't remember how they did it. I gave away my news clipping of how they did it, and never got it back. I've seen the Phragmites even in forested wetlands. Horrible. I've also seen Purple Loosestrife taking over in some places, but not down here in South Jersey. Barry
--- On Tue, 3/3/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Winter ID #3 To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 12:55 PM Jen: I think you are referring to Amur corktree, Phellodendron amurense ... by the description of its ability to grow in concrete I would say it could be an urban problem. Chinese tree of heaven, Ailanthus altissima is a very destructive invasive hardwood tree that is rapidly colonizing unmeasured thousands of acres in the mid-Atlantic and Appalachian regions of the Eastern US. Allelopathy, or the ability to poison the growing environment to the detriment of your native competitors is one of the features of some of the most destructive invasive plants. Garlic mustard has such profound allelopathic properties that it is poised to become the poster plant for site conversion. I would encourage you to add the following website to your favorites: http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/ The information on forest health and invasive plants is current and useful. Russ Richardson Need a job? Find employment help in your area. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
