Contact: Bud Reaves, Anne Arundel County | IPREAV00@aacounty.org ANNAPOLIS, MD (January 6, 2011) – One of the most useful plants in the world, bamboo is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world. A commercially important plant, bamboo is used for everything from food to flooring and is one of the most easily recognizable […]
Contact: Mary Travaglini, The Nature Conservancy MD/DC | mtravaglini@TNC.ORG ANNAPOLIS, MD (December 9, 2010) – Mulberry paper is considered the “granddaddy” of all art papers. It has a neutral pH, and feathers beautifully while torn. The timber is useless, but the inner bark has been used for centuries to produce high-quality art papers, and once imported […]
Contact: Bob Trumbule, Maryland Department of Agriculture | rtrumbule@erols.com ANNAPOLIS, MD (November 4, 2010) – The pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda, is a European invasive species that was inadvertently introduced into the Great Lakes Region of the U.S. and detected in 1992. This small bark beetle now occurs in 17 states including Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and […]
Contact: Bob Tatman, Maryland Department of Agriculture | TatmanRL@mda.state.md.us ANNAPOLIS, MD (October 4, 2010) – Winter moth (Operophtera brumata), an exotic pest from Europe, has the potential to be a very serious problem in deciduous forests throughout the eastern United States. It already is well established in Nova Scotia, eastern Massachusetts, British Columbia, Oregon and Washington […]
Contact: K. L. Kyde, Maryland Department of Natural Resources | KKyde@dnr.state.md.us ANNAPOLIS, MD (September 2, 2010) – Cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), a perennial grass from southeast Asia, is considered one of the 10 worst weeds in the world. Covering billions of acres worldwide, it is well established in the southern United States as far north as […]
Contact: Marc Imlay, Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, Maryland Native Plant Society | ialm@erols.com ANNAPOLIS, MD (August 9, 2010) – Trifoliate orange, Poncirus trifoliata is commonly known as hardy orange and has been found to be highly invasive in southern states. For example, it invaded floodplains along Robeson Creek in Chatham County, North Carolina, where […]
Contact: Marc Imlay, Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, Maryland Native Plant Society | ialm@erols.com ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 5, 2010) – Mahonia bealei is commonly known as leatherleaf mahonia or leatherleaf holly. Leatherleaf mahonia has been classified as highly invasive in southern states by the USDA and University of Georgia. So far investigation reveals that Mahonia bealei is a very serious […]
Contact: Kate K. Traut, Straughan Environmental | 301-362-9200 ext.117 | ktraut@straughanenvironmental.com ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 7, 2010) – Chocolate vine, or fiveleaf akebia (Akebia quinata), may be a sweet-smelling delight in the garden, but it is quickly becoming one of Maryland’s most wanted invasive species. Its delicately trailing vines, exotic-looking palmate leaves, and chocolate-scented flowers are some of […]
Contact: Brian Clark, University of Maryland Extension | bpclark@umd.edu ANNAPOLIS, MD (April 15, 2010) – Feral cats (Felis catus) are a perfect invasive species. They are non native to North America, have a high reproductive rate, relatively low mortality, and high dispersion rates. They also have the ability to be cute and cuddly, a perfect shield […]
Contact: Carole Bergmann, M-NCPPC | Carole.Bergmann@mncppc-mc.org ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 3, 2010) – Over the years, plants that have become invasive were once thought to be beneficial – kudzu and multifora rose are famous examples. Autumn-olive could be included in that group; it and its cousin, Russian-olive, were touted as trees that “grew fast, grew anywhere, and […]