[APWG] Update on Wavyleaf Basketgrass

[Marc Imlay]

Hi weed warriors,

 

Here is an update on Wavyleaf Basketgrass which is highly invasive and 

has just hit North America. 

 

Click on   <http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/> http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/ for a
jpg and press release

 

 

We mapped and removed 3 small patches of Wavy Leaf Basket Grass 

in Greenbelt National Park, ranging from 5ft. by 3ft. to 20ft. by 10ft. 

on the eastern side of the Azalea Trail, to the west of the Sweetgum 

Picnic Area. All of the Wavy Leaf patches were quite dense, with 

individual plants occurring along deer trails between major patches. 

 

 

There is still time this year for an organized team of Federal, State, and 

local researchers and managers to start documenting the distribution 

of this EDRR grass starting at the known locations in Beltsville, Greenbelt 

and Baltimore, Maryland.  Who can step forward and help take 

the lead? 

 

Cheers!

 

Marc Imlay, PhD 

Conservation biologist, Anacostia Watershed Society 

(301-699-6204, 301-283-0808 301-442-5657 cell)

Board member of the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, 

Hui o Laka at Kokee State Park, Hawaii 

Vice president of the Maryland Native Plant Society, 

Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee 

for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.

 

You can click on
<http://www.mail2web.com/cgi-bin/redir.asp?lid=0&newsite=http://www.ma-eppc.
org> www.ma-eppc.org 
Then click on the moving, scrolling, picture of the wavy grass and a link 

to the invasives site:  <http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/>
http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/ 

 

 

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