Fortunately I've never seen dandelion in the wild. It's in our yard and other yards and such, but that's all. Come to think of it, I don't remember seeing any this year at all, at least not in OUR yard. As for garlic mustard, that's something I never heard of, except in this group.
--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Randy Brown <[email protected]> wrote: From: Randy Brown <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Invasive plants and trees To: [email protected] Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 7:29 PM dandelion and thistle's anyone? I did have some luck knocking back garlic mustard at a local metropark. I pulled it out for three years and has almost vanished in certain areas. Not sure I was the only on doing it though. On Aug 10, 2009, at 7:54 AM, pabigtrees wrote: > > Ed, Jenny,Barry > > Cornell was doing some testing a few years ago in search of the native > Phragmite. I don't know if it is still going on. I think when some > of the aggressive non native plants are introduced, and they have a > cousin of the same genus, they hybridize to the point that there are > very few of either pure stock left. Bittersweet, mulberry, and > Phragmite would be examples. > > Barry > > multiflora rose is asian and there are native and non native > bittersweets. > > After fighting invasives for seven years, I have concluded that it is > a waste of resources attempting to erradicate these species. I have > weed wrenched, pulled dabbed with chemical, and sprayed. They always > come back. Some never die all the way (Japanese knotweed) Others have > such an extensive seed bed that you have to keep at it for several > years. Some plants have been introduced since the early 1700's so I > don't think we will exterminate them any time soon. > > Scott > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
