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Global Invasive Species Team listserve digest #111
Fri Dec 06 2002 - 16:52:59 PST
--CONTENTS--
1. Phragmites research on line (Nationwide, USA)
2. Sierra Club misrepresented (Florida, USA)
3. Web site news (Global)
4. News of weed expansions (Nationwide, USA)
5. On mapping Phragmites (New York, USA)
6. Networking native plant nurseries for restoration (Pennsylvania, USA)
7. ATVs and motorcycles (Montana, USA)
8. Irrigation/drainage ditches (Texas, USA)
9. Wisteria and Wineberry (North Carolina, USA)
10. Wineberry (Nationwide, USA)
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1. Phragmites research on line (Nationwide, USA)
From: Barry Rice (bamrice(at)ucdavis.edu)
Kay Sadighi emailed WIST and told her she was pleased to have experimental
proof that the Phragmites australis that she has been working to control
is indeed the non-native genotype. If you want to learn more about the
native genotype/non-native genotype research on this plant, look at
Kristin Saltonstall's research on line at:
http://hpl.umces.edu/faculty/kristin/index.html
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2. Sierra Club misrepresented (Florida, USA)
From: Doria Gordon (dgordon(at)tnc.org)
John Ryan (Florida Chapter of the Sierra Club, Energy Committee)
contacted me to convey that the North Florida Sierra Club was
misrepresented in the Wall Street Journal article about Arundo donax,
mentioned in digest #110 of the TNC invasive species listserve. He said,
"We do not support the introduction of A. donax or any other species
without a review, by IFAS (The University of Florida Institute of Food and
Agricultural Sciences), to understand the implications of introduction."
He would appreciate forwarding this information about the erroneous Wall
Street Journal article to others to set the record straight.
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3. Web site news (Global)
From: Barry Rice (bamrice(at)ucdavis.edu)
Some new highlights on the WIST web site for you to look at.
**Many meetings on invasives are being organized around the USA. For news
on these, look to our meetings/events web page:
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/meetings.html
**Notes on an Australian survey, interesting if rapid weed assessments
strike your fancy:
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/newsnotes.html
**New weed control reviews or Element Stewardship Abstracts on Paulownia
tomentosa (Princesstree), Lespedeza cuneata (sericea lespedeza), and
Wisteria species.
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/esadocs.html
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4. News of weed expansions (Nationwide, USA)
From: Phyllis N. Windle (invasives(at)ucsusa.org)
At the Union of Concerned Scientists, we are expanding a project to update
data on invasive species and how effectively the US is keeping out new
invaders. We are compiling a comprehensive list of invasive species that
have been detected, become established, or significantly expanded their
range, in the United States from January 1994-December 2001.
If you have recorded any such species (of any taxon), we would appreciate
receiving notification, including, scientific and common names and if
possible, where the species was found, how and when it was introduced, if
it is established, and a brief note as to whether and what kind of
ecological, agricultural, or human impacts are expected. Please pass along
any information that you have, even if you do not have all the details we
requested in the above list.
We would also greatly appreciate it if you could send us the names of
others we should contact, including those who are doing something similar.
Please send data to us at any of the below locations
email: invasives(at)ucsusa.org
fax: (617) 864 9405
Attention: Jason Mathers
Union of Concerned Scientists
Two Brattle Square
Cambridge, MA 02238
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5. On mapping Phragmites (New York, USA)
From: Michael Batcher (mbatcher(at)netheaven.com)
I have a small contract to map changes in the extent of Phragmites
australis at a national wildlife refuge on Long Island. I recall, many
years ago, a similar project on the Connecticut River in CT. Do you know
of any similar projects in the east? I would be interested in comparing
sites and methods and such. Basically, I will be looking at historic
aerials and compare those to the current extent.
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6. Networking native plant nurseries for restoration (Pennsylvania, USA)
From: Betsy Lyman (blyman(at)tnc.org)
We are planning to meet with a number of nurseries in our state to talk
about setting up a network which can respond to the plant needs of
restoration and rehabilitation projects. There are often not large
enough supplies of needed plant materials for projects, particularly
native plants that would be appropriate for the project sites. Nurseries
which would agree to respond to these needs and are willing to grow a
range of plants that aren't necessarily popular with the gardening public
or normally grown by nurseries in any quantity, would be organized into a
network that would be made available to those doing restoration or rehab
work (not only natural land managers, but DOT, landscape architects,
municipalities, etc.). The network would enable these nurseries to contact
each other to spread the load for a large project and/or get extra plant
materials if they don't have enough supplies. At least this is the idea.
The question we have is: has anyone already established something like
this or is anyone aware of such a network? If so, could we get the
contact information for those responsible so we could talk to them about
their program(s)?
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7. ATVs and motorcycles (Montana, USA)
From: Dave Carr (dcarr(at)tnc.org)
I'm trying to put together comments on a new travel plan for the Lewis and
Clark National Forest. Unfortunately the plan is heavily weighted towards
ATV and motorcycle use. Since I'd like to provide cogent comments one of
the areas I would like to address is about the threat of expanding the
range of weeds by ATVs.
Do you know if any studies have been conducted on a national
forest with regards to this question or any ATV vs. weeds,
studies that you know of.
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8. Irrigation/drainage ditches (Texas, USA)
From: Lacey Halstead (lhalstead(at)tnc.org)
I am looking for best management practices on drainage and irrigation
ditches as relates to preventing spread of invasive natives and exotics.
Any advice or suggestions?
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9. Wisteria and Wineberry (North Carolina, USA)
From: Beth Bockoven (bbockoven(at)tnc.org)
Does anyone have pictures of Wisteria species or Wineberry (Rubus
phoenicolasius)? I need them for an invasives species manual
for volunteers.
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10. Wineberry (Nationwide, USA)
From: Mandy Tu (imtu(at)tnc.org)
Do you know anything about Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry, wine
raspberry)? I have been unable to find any control info on it, except a
brief fact sheet from the PCA Alien Working Group (with little control
info).