[APWG] Update on Wavyleaf Basketgrass Task Force

[Marc Imlay]

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From: Griesbach, Robert [mailto:Robert.Griesbach at ARS.USDA.GOV] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:31 PM
To: ialm at erols.com
Cc: Welch, Glenn; Korcak, Ron; Johnson, Phyllis; Prevar, David; Coulson, Bob
Subject: basket grass

 

After our meeting with you, our Ecology Committee under Glenn Welch surveyed
the BARC-west for wavy-leaved basket grass. We found three larger (10-20 sq
ft) colonies and a number of smaller ones, all located in a single forested
areas. On Aug 31, all the plants were sprayed with Round-Up. We will monitor
the site for seedlings next year.  Thank you very much for bring this plant
to our attention.

Rob  

 

 

Rob Griesbach, Ph. D.

Technology Transfer Coordinator

10300 Baltimore Avenue

USDA-ARS, BARC-W., BLDG-003, RM-208

Beltsville, MD 20705-2350

Tel: 301-504-6421

FAX: 301-504-6001

 

 

 

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From: Marc Imlay [mailto:ialm at erols.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:32 AM
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Cc: 'laurel.imlay at sierraclub.org'; 'marc at anacostiaws.org'; 'Kyde, Kerrie
L.'; 'john peter thompson'; 'pwiecz at dcwoodlands.org';
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Robert'; 'johnsonp at ba.ars.usda.gov'; 'Tom Crone'; 'Michael Breen';
'Sue_Salmons at nps.gov'; 'Stephen_Syphax at nps.gov'; 'Kevin_Barry at nps.gov'
Subject: Update on Wavyleaf Basketgrass Task Force

 

Hi Brigitte, Kyle, John, John Peter, Chris, Kerrie, Clare, Glen, Beverly,
Susan, Martha, Bob, Don, Pete, Mike, Mary, Phyllis, Tina, and Laurel, 

 

 

Seven people came from BARC yesterday along with Clare Liptak. They removed
one patch where spraying was clearly not a good idea because it was mixed
with natives and saw a monster patch that obviously will be sprayed. We are
more than halfway removing the 3 acres at Little Paint Branch Park.
Meanwhile Kerrie Kyde of DNR plans to GPS the grass in Patapsco in Baltimore
County with my former intern Tina Schneider. Cheers. 

 

Marc

 

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From: Griesbach, Robert [mailto:Robert.Griesbach at ARS.USDA.GOV] 
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 1:04 PM
To: ialm at erols.com
Subject: Basketgrass

 

Thanks for showing us the plant. We will look for it this summer.

Rob

 

Rob Griesbach, Ph. D.

Technology Transfer Coordinator

10300 Baltimore Avenue

USDA-ARS, BARC-W., BLDG-003, RM-208

Beltsville, MD 20705-2350

Tel: 301-504-6421

FAX: 301-504-6001

 

 

 

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From: Marc Imlay [mailto:ialm at erols.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 7:04 AM
To: 'johnsonp at ba.ars.usda.gov'
Subject: Update on Wavyleaf Basketgrass

 

 

 Hi Phyllis,

 

 

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

has just hit North America. 

 

 

Click on 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 western 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.

 

 

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