[APWG] OK to send the URLs of the wildflower pics to anyone.

[Marc Imlay]

In our area in the Mid-Atlantic we focus on removing all the invasive plants
from such pristine areas first because 1. It is more practical to do so, 2.
We can use manual removal more effectively to reduce the need for chemical
control, and 3. We are thus retaining a native ecosystem source of native
plants and animals to repopulate the more invaded areas when we finally have
the resources for invasive species control. 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.


-----Original Message-----
From: apwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:apwg-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of Craig Dremann
- Redwood City Seed Company
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:10 PM
To: apwg at lists.plantconservation.org
Subject: [APWG] OK to send the URLs of the wildflower pics to anyone.

Dear All,

I just had a request from one of the APWG listserve readers, to send the
URL of our wildflower pics to other listservers.

We want as many people as possible to see the beauty of a native ecosystem
understory that is weed-free, at http://www.ecoseeds.com/wild.html and
http://www.ecoseeds.com/wild.08.html

After we have managed exotics plants in wildlands situations here in North
America, fortunately there are still a few examples of what the original
native ecosystem understories looked like, which is a wonderful goal to
work towards in weed management.

If you can get on a plane to Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo is about 4 hours
north on US 101, and then the wildflowers are only 20-60 miles east of US
101.  We will be going back in 2 weeks to check the flowers west of 101,
along Cal. 41.

Becuase of the odd rainfall pattern this spring, it is really a
one-in-a-lifetime flower show, since the exotic grasses have been so
severely suppressed by the Feb-March drought.

I did a Post-mile-by-postmile megatransect along Cal. 58, and noted what
species grew at each post mile:

Starting at PM 12 along Cal.58, each mile has a new mix of wildflowers,
like a gigantic landscape painting:

12- Amsinckia, goldfields, lupines.
13- Chamise with native Paeonia calif. understory.  There are only 32 sp.
Paeonia worldwide, and only two in No. Amer., and one is sprouting in an
old burn within the chamise.
14- Amsinckia,lupines, native bunchgrasses.
15- Shooting stars, Amsinckia, native bunchgrasses (Poa).
16- Lupines, goldfields, brodiaea.
17- Lupines,Amsinckia, Cal. poppies.
18- Jct. La Panza Rd., awesome, Baby blue eyes, goldfields, layia,
Amsinckia, native bunchgrasses (Poa), total 10 acres at least.
19- Amsinckia, Lupines.
20- Amsinckia, Cal. poppies.
etc.

If anyone is interested, I could post the rest of the Cal. 58 mile-by-mile
native understory megatransect.

We also have pics of the Death Valley and Mojave desert show from 2005,
that we will be posting in a few weeks at
http://www.ecoseeds.com/wild.05.html

Sincerely,  Craig Dremann (650) 325-7333


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