By Kenton Sumter – Maryland Department of Agriculture. It’s been more than four years since spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) made its way into the Maryland Invasive Species Council’s Invader of the Month. While some folks may have lost track of it, this pernicious insect has unfortunately been very busy. From its original discovery in Cecil […]
Conium maculatum (Poison Hemlock) Natasha Shangold, City of Rockville nshangold@rockvillemd.gov As we are in the midst of summer, many of us enjoy planting a garden full of fresh veggies and herbs for ourselves and perhaps pollinators, or some of us may even enjoy foraging around. To those who are familiar with the Apiaceae family, these […]
Asian jumpseed – Persicaria filiformis | May 14, 2022 | Maryland Invasive Species Council Contacts: Judy Fulton, EcoPlant Consulting, judy@ecoplantconsulting.com | Sara Tangren, National Capital PRISM Asian jumpseed cultivars are often sold or traded as plants native to Maryland. Plant enthusiasts frequently mistake this foreign interloper for a native due to a history of taxonomic […]
This spring, the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has begun to raise the knotweed psyllid, Aphalara itadori, for eventual release on knotweed (Fallopia spp) plants in Maryland. The first 500 psyllids arrived in April from colleagues at the Philip Alampi Beneficial Insect lab, the New Jersey state facility, and became the start of the Maryland […]