[APWG] Fw: Invasive Vinca minor in temperate mixed forest, NE North America

[Jil_Swearingen at nps.gov]

Hi,

Tim Lash is seeking help with management of Vinca minor in Ontario Canada.
Please reply to him at lash at canada.com.

Thank you,

Jil

----- Forwarded by Jil Swearingen/NCR/NPS on 02/09/2005 04:57 PM -----

      From: "Egan, Peter, Dr, OSD-ATL" <Peter.Egan at osd.mil>
      To: "'ficmnew at mail.afpmb.org'" <ficmnew at mail.afpmb.org>
      Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:25:15 -0000

      Fyi   Pete

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Clark, Janet [mailto:cipm at montana.edu]
      Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 10:06 AM
      To: peter.egan at osd.mil
      Cc: lash at canada.com

      Pete, could you please post this request for information on your
      listserv? Replies should be sent to lash at canada.com.
      Thanks,


      From: Tim Lash [mailto:lash at canada.com]
      Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:57 AM
      To: Clark, Janet
      Subject: Invasive Vinca minor in temperate mixed forest, NE North
      America
      Greetings,

      Can you advise some starting points for

      ˆ a quick assessment of the effects of periwinkle Vinca minor on
      native vegetation (forest floor flowers, shrubs, maple-beech-hemlock
      in natural regeneration), soils and animals, and

      ˆ how to control further spread,  and if possible bring about retreat
      of the Vinca minor back to the cottages and allow re-emergence of
      displaced native flora and fauna?

      The site is roughly 36 acres. Doesn’t sound like much, but it’s in
      Muskoka, Ontario - Canadian shield lakes and pines, prime cottage
      country for over a century for people from the Toronto area and US
      (Pittsburgh et al). Vibrant full time resident communities as well.
      The periwinkle was originally introduced around the cottages on this
      site, as an attractive ground cover.  However, it apparently thrives
      here, and has spread far into the woods.  It may have accelerated in
      the last 5-10 years.

      The concern is – what is it displacing that should be there?  What
      native ground plants, flowers, and seedling mid- and upper-storey
      trees? The objective for the site is to re-establish old-growth
      conditions. The area was logged for pine in the 1880s or so, but has
      been left to itself (more or less) since then.

      If we can do something useful at this site, my hope is it will be a
      demonstration for others in the region.

      Any suggestions will be most welcome, including names of others I
      might ask about it.

      Thanks, and best wishes for 2005 in all your endeavours.

      Cheers,

      Tim Lash.


      --
      Timothy J.F. Lash
      234 Third Avenue
      Ottawa, Ontario
      Canada  K1S 2K3

      lash at canada.com
      (613) 234-3247



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