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<P><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><STRONG>Forrester Russ Richardson said, "Based
on what he observed, he thinks we have at least a week before the seeds from
this years plants will be mature and it would be a very good time to mow or cut
them down." </STRONG></FONT>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><STRONG>Richardson said he had been under the
impression that the seed was already mature weeks ago and he stopped telling
people it was worth mowing to destroy this years' seed crop.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=796565309-25092014><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>This observation by
Russ Richardson illustrates the relatively new phenomenon of many late emergents
perhaps due in part to climate change.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P><FONT
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> APWG
[mailto:apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>De
Angelis, Patricia<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 24, 2014 2:15
PM<BR><B>To:</B> apwg<BR><B>Subject:</B> [APWG] INVASIVE STILTGRASS - Rising And
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
face="times new roman, serif">An interesting update on the status of the
invasive, non-native Japanese stiltgrass (<I
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Microstegium vimineum</I>) in Calhoun County West
</FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif">Virginia. More info on
Japanese stiltgrass is available from the Plant Conservation Alliance-Alien
Plant Working Group fact sheet at: </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif"><A
href="http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/mivi1.htm">http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/mivi1.htm</A></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif">Patricia S. De Angelis,
Ph.D.</SPAN><BR></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif">Botanist, US Fish & Wildlife
Service</SPAN></P>
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<TD><BR>INVASIVE STILTGRASS - Rising And Falling, It's Still
Around<BR><BR>The Hur Herald (09/22/2014)<BR><BR>A few years ago in
Calhoun and the region, invasive Japanese Siltgrass appeared to be taking
over, but then it was discovered to be infected and dying in
2009.<BR><BR>But it's still around.<BR><BR>The rest of the story at: <A
href="http://www.hurherald.com/cgi-bin/db_scripts/articles?Action=user_view&db=articles_hurherald&id=49587">http://www.hurherald.com/cgi-bin/db_scripts/articles?Action=user_view&db=articles_hurherald&id=49587</A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>