Invasives Archaeology
I think this area was a picnic area many years ago. I found landscape timbers under a thick carpet of invasives, and today this artifact that turned out to be...
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Invasive Plants in Arlington
I live near and volunteer at Long Branch Nature Center in Arlington, Virginia. I spend what sometimes seems like too much of my free time working on controlling ("whacking") non-native, invasive plants. This is a quasi photo diary of what I see, including some of the native plants and critters, too. Also I toss in an occasional, verbose rant, and off-topic other stuff from my trips.
About Me
- Name: Invasives Man
- Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States
Whacking invasives - a metaphor, something to do, exercise, cheap entertainment, channeled aggression. But anyway, hey... Let's go kill some plants!
"3rd Sundays" Invasives Events at Long Branch
- Come out and help on the third Sunday of each month, 2-5 PM. We meet at the Long Branch Nature Center building at 2 PM.
- Custom map of monthly invasive removal events in Arlington
Web pages about Long Branch Nature Center itself
- Arlington County Parks LBNC Page
- Google Maps - Custom map showing location of the Nature Center and Environs
- Long Branch Nature Center Area & Glencarlyn Park on Virginia Birding & Wildlife Trails
- Third Sunday Removal Events at LBNC 2-5 PM
Experiment - Birding Map
Some of my favorite Links
- Outstanding resource! - "Mistaken Identity? Invasive Plants and their Native Look-Alikes, an Identification Guide for the Mid-Atlantic"
- Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas
- InvasivePlants.org about invasives in the Wash DC area
- The No Ivy League
- Arlington County's Remove Invasive Plants Program
- The Nature Conservancy's Invasive Species Initiative [about to die, see my posted letter to TNC]
- The Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council (MA-EPPC)
- Invasivespecies.gov
- Weeds Gone Wild
- NatureServe's Invasive Species Program
- Arlington Regional Master Naturalists - a great program!
Join the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council (MA-EPPC) Listserv
Other blogs I like
- Rurality
- Invasive Species Weblog
- Invasive Notes (John Peter Thompson of Behnke's Nursery)
- The Green Miles
- What's Up Arlington!
- The UnNature Trail
- Transatlantic Plantsman
Invasives at Long Branch Nature Center
- English ivy (Hedera helix)
- Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
- Exotic Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis; Wisteria floribunda)
- Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
- Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
- Winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus)
- Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimeneum)
- Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
- Porcelainberry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)
- Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
- Vinca, Periwinkle (Vinca major; Vinca minor)
- Ailanthus, Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
- Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)
- Cinnamon vine; exotic yam (Dioscorea oppositofolia)
- Exotic Bush honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.)
- Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)
- Five-leaved akebia (Akebia quinata)
- Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens)
- Climbing [or Creeping] euonymus (Euonymus fortunei)
- Water Primrose (Ludwigia hexapetala) (at Sparrow Pond)
- Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
- Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
- Spreading euonymus (Euonymus kiautschovicus)
- Asiatic Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
- ?? Exotic Smartweed (Polygonum persicaria)
- Exotic Viburnum species(Viburnum spp?)
- Indian Mock-Strawberry (Duchesnea indica)
- Daylilies (Hemerocallis spp.)
- Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
- Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
- Trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliate)
- Italian arum (Arum italicum)
- Privet (Ligustrum spp.)
Previous Posts
- Yesterday's Work
- Argh, Japanese Stiltgrass
- Saving the Big White Oak
- More of the Work Area
- Nastiness
- More of the Work Area
- Whacking Away
- Time to Whack Some More Wisteria!
- Whacked Wisteria and Liberated Mountain Laurel
- More of the Whacking Zone
Sunday, July 12, 2009
I think this area was a picnic area many years ago. I found landscape timbers under a thick carpet of invasives, and today this artifact that turned out to be...
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