[MPWG] Microstegium in WV

[ForestRuss at aol.com]

MPWG:
 
Growing ginseng and other medicinal plants in West Virginia is becoming  
increasingly difficult as Japanese stiltgrass moves into interior cove  sites.
 
The photo below is in two year old harvest area where the forest understory  
has nearly become a Microstegium monoculture.
 
Russ Richardson
Crummies Creek Tree Farm
Arnoldsburg, WV
 
   

          
Black Cohosh close to  invasion boundary
   
August 2005 extreme  weed whacking in Microstegium and nettles two years 
after logging  



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