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size=2>Grace:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437254518-11122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>According to the Synthesis of the North American Flora,
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=437254518-11122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Rosa rugosa is escaped from cultivation and established in 93 counties of
21 states. The distribution is concentrated in the northeastern US including
every state in New England and is already reported for Stratford, Rockingham and
Coos counties in New Hampshire. This same distribution can be found in the
new second edition of Flora of the Northeast (2007 University of Massachusetts
Press).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437254518-11122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437254518-11122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Richard</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437254518-11122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=437254518-11122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Richard R. Old, Ph.D.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>corgis<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:24 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
apwg@lists.plantconservation.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [APWG] Is "Rosa rugosa" a
potentially invasive plant in NH?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2> Our NH State Forest
Nursery is currently selling "Rosa rugosa" to NH residents for planting in the
spring of 2008. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2> I know the plant
would be invasive (and, no doubt, already is) on our sea coast. However,
last year I tangled with the NH State Cooperative Extension
Service when they included "Rosa rugosa" as an excellent plant for New
Hampshire in one of their books. They did not include a disclaimer that the
plant was possibly invasive for the NH sea coast. The authors of the extension
book that included "Rosa rugosa" emailed me that we had too small a sea coast
to be concerned.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2> My bent is that the
plant will eventually become invasive in New Hampshire, whatever the size of
our sea shore. I think that even though we have a small sea shore, that it
merits protection. My feeling is that our state forest nursery
shouldn't sell "Rosa rugosa."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2> Am I off target
here? Am I concerned for no reason?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2> I have found
information about the plant's invasiveness in NYC (the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
has it listed on their "The Worst Plants for the New York Metropolitan Area"
and CT (many sites), but the NH County Extension forester I talked to this
week wants more information.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2> I have googled "Rosa
rugosa" with little success. What I need is added examples of the plant's
potential damage to New Hampshire.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2> Does anyone have
suggestions? Thank you. I'd like to know how much effort I should put into
this issue.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Grace Lilly<BR><A
href="mailto:pembrokes@ne.rr.com">pembrokes@ne.rr.com</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>