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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In King County, Washington, we have an extremely large and
aggressive population of garden loosestrife (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Lysimachia
vulgaris</span></i>). Our plants are often fasciated, can grow to over 8
feet tall, and outcompete many other aggressive emergent plants such as purple
loosestrife (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Lythrum salicaria</span></i>),
common cattail (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Typha latifolia</span></i>)
and spirea (<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Spiraea douglasii</span></i>) to
create large monocultures. It also grows in deep shade and is slowly
replacing the understory beneath long established willow wetlands. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We have had some control success using triclopyr
(Renovate3), but although it knocks back the tall plants, it doesn’t kill
them completely. Manual control has not proven effective due to long
brittle rhizomes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m beginning to think we have a mutant population in
our county since I can’t seem to find anyone else who is concerned about
it. If any of you have any experience with garden loosestrife, I would
dearly love to know!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Katie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color="#3366ff" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#3366FF;font-weight:bold'>Katie
Sauter Messick<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Aquatic Weed Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>King County Department of Natural Resources
and Parks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><ns13:Street w:insAuthor="MessickK" w:insDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="MessickK" w:endInsDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"><ns13:address
w:insAuthor="MessickK" w:insDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="MessickK" w:endInsDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>201 South Jackson Street, Suite 600</span></font></ns13:address></ns13:Street><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><ns13:place w:insAuthor="MessickK" w:insDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="MessickK" w:endInsDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"><ns13:City
w:insAuthor="MessickK" w:insDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="MessickK" w:endInsDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Seattle</span></font></ns13:City><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><ns13:State
w:insAuthor="MessickK" w:insDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="MessickK" w:endInsDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>WA</span></font></ns13:State><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><ns13:PostalCode
w:insAuthor="MessickK" w:insDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="MessickK" w:endInsDate="2009-07-31T16:00:00Z"><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>98104</span></font></ns13:PostalCode></ns13:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>(206) 296-0290</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 color="#3366ff" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#3366FF'><a
href="file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\MessickK\Application%20Data\Microsoft\Signatures\www.kingcounty.gov\weeds"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.kingcounty.gov/weeds</span></font></a></span></font></u><u><font
size=2 color="#3366ff"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#3366FF'> </span></font><font
color="#3366ff"><span style='color:#3366FF'><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
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