Plants out of Place the Newsletter of the INVASIVE PLANTS ASSOCIATION of WISCONSIN
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Plants out of Place The newsletter of the INVASIVE PLANTS ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN Issue 34, November 2011 IPAW Board of Directors Regulated Invasive Plants – Weeding the Nursery Trade Jerry Doll, President by Mindy Wilkinson, Invasive Species Coordinator WDNR UW-Extension, Weed Scientist, Emeritus 7386 Clover Hill Dr., Waunakee, WI 53597 (608) 836-8809; [email protected] Plants aren’t just what I do for my job. I like plants. I visit botanical gardens, I discuss my own garden over the fence with my neighbors, I worry that I haven’t Mark Feider, Vice-President Milwaukee Audubon Society pulled out and replaced the Lonicera x bella in my front yard and I stop in at nurs- 2125 W. Brantwood Ave., Glendale, WI 53209 (414) 228-7425; [email protected] eries to see what’s new. Amy Staffen, Secretary Department of Natural Resources If you do this as well, you may occasionally find a species that’s regulated under 3813 Euclid Avenue, Madison, WI 53711 Wisconsin’s Invasive Species Rule offered for sale. With any new regulation like (608) 238-0450; [email protected] the Invasive Species Rule (NR 40) it takes a while for the word to get out, and Thomas Boos, Treasurer Department of Natural Resources education is the current focus. P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921 (608) 266-9276; [email protected] Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff, including Kelly Kearns, Court- Willis Brown, Michler and Brown, LLC 2601 Gregory St., Madison, WI 53711 ney LeClair, Tom Boos, Chrystal Schreck, myself, and many others, has been (608) 278-9308; [email protected] providing workshops on the Invasive Species Rule to state agency staff and part- Greg Bunker ners to get the word out about the list of plants that are now regulated invasive Stockbridge-Munsee Community P.O. Box 70, Bowler, WI 54416 species. Because names change, a list of the synonyms and common names for (715) 793-4363; [email protected] regulated plants and their cultivars has been created to help reduce confusion Clarissa Hammond, DATCP about which species are and are not legal to sell in Wisconsin. (See the list of re- 2811 Agriculture Dr, P.O. Box 8911 Madison, WI 53708-8911 sources at the end of the article.) (608)224-4544; [email protected] Vijai Pandian In January, 2011 the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Brown County Extension 1150 Bellevue St., Green Bay, WI 54302 Protection (DATCP), in partnership with WDNR, sent a letter to all of the lic- (920) 391-4611; [email protected] ensed nurseries that they regulate. There are seven DATCP Nursery Inspectors Brian Pillsbury, USDA, Natural Res. Cons. Serv. who each work within a region to inspect licensed nurseries for plant pests and 505 Broadway, Room 232, Baraboo, WI 53913 (608) 355-4470; [email protected] diseases and are now checking for regulated plants. This staff is the “regulatory Jim Reinartz, UW - Milwaukee Field Station point of contact for nurseries” which means, that reports of invasive plants, offi- 3095 Blue Goose Road, Saukville, WI 53080 cial visits to nurseries to check on what is being sold, and any official contacts are (262) 675-6844; [email protected] being coordinated with these folks. However, many venues that sell plants aren’t Gene Roark 16 Grand Ave., Madison, WI 53705 necessarily licensed nurseries. (608) 238-5349; [email protected] Rolf Utegaard If you see regulated species for sale, be it at a nursery, farmer’s market or garden Eau Claire County Exposition Center PO Box 1092, Eau Claire, WI 54702 club sale, we need you to report it. To keep track of what our partners are finding (715) 834-0065; [email protected] for sale and to consolidate reports to the Nursery Inspectors, we’re asking that all Anne Walker, Home Land Garden, LLC reports be sent to Invasive.Species @Wisconsin.gov or call Mindy Wilkinson at 1704 Winnebago St., Madison, WI 53704 (608)241-4211 608-266-6437. If you make a report of an invasive plant being sold, we’re happy Melinda Wilkinson to report back on what action was taken. The cooperation that has been shown by Department of Natural Resources plant enthusiasts, nursery owners and the public to help weed out regulated inva- P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921 (608)266-6437; [email protected] sive plants for sale in Wisconsin has been encouraging! Resources: Through Awareness Comes • List of regulated plants Positive Change! http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/classification/pdfs/NR40plantlist.pdf • Synonyms for regulated plants Layout of Newsletter by: http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/classification/pdfs/Nursery_plantlist.pdf Susan Slapnick [email protected] • State Nursery Inspectors (map with phone numbers) http://datcp.wi.gov/uploads/Plants/pdf/Inspector_map_2010.pdf Plants out of Place INVASIVE PLANTS ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN 2 An Introduction from New IPAW Board Member, Greg Bunker My name is Greg Bunker and I was asked to be on of the forest. We are lucky not to have problems IPAW’s Board a few months back and accepted. with purple loosestrife or garlic mustard with only The first I heard of IPAW was at the seeds of its one small isolated infestation of each. beginning, at the Plants Out of Place, Invasive Plant Conference for the Upper Midwest, in Eau Claire, In the fight against invasive plants the many tribes March of 2001. Fighting invasive plants is part of use revenues from a casino or other economic en- my job as manager of the Environmental Depart- terprises. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has Nox- ment at the Stockbridge Munsee Community, which ious Weed funding for tribes to fight invasive is a federally recognized band of Mohican Indians. weeds. Tribes can also tap into Circle of Flight And yes, their name, Stockbridge, comes from the funds, special monies allocated by Congress for town in Massachusetts that is within their original tribes to restore wetlands for waterfowl habitat. A homeland, and the tribe also left that name on a number of tribes also use Great Lakes Restoration town at their former reservation on the east shores Initiative funding in order to restore wetlands of of Lake Winnebago. I have worked for the Stock- the Great Lakes Basin. If a group or municipality bridge-Munsee tribe for 20 years and for the Me- is seeking funds to fight invasive plants and they nominee Indian tribe for 2 years before that. are adjacent to or nearby an Indian reservation, or within Ojibwa ceded territories, they should con- The tribe currently cares for about 21,000 acres of sult with the tribal officials to see if they can work forest lands, adjacent to the Menominee Reserva- together to stop the infestation. Federal and state tion, that are managed for wildlife and timber har- agencies look with more favor on proposals if vest, in that order. Invasive plants are not a problem there are a number of partners working toward a in the interior of the reservation; however on the common goal. This is a good method of leverag- margins where homes and farmland are adjacent to ing funds for projects within a watershed or spe- the forest, the usual players are present. Buckthorn cific area with multiple jurisdictions. and bush honeysuckle are abundant in the margins “If you see regulated species for sale, be it at a nursery, farmer’s market or garden club sale, we need you to report it.” Mindy Wilkinson (Invasive.Species @Wisconsin.gov ) Plants out of Place INVASIVE PLANTS ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN 3 INVASIVE PLANTS SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE December 14-15, 2011, Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee, WI This year, IPAW has teamed-up withIt’s the Midwestbeen Invasivea good decade(14th & 15forth) on IPAW! the ecology, policy, and management of inva- PlantThis Network is a guide (MIPN) to 120 and aquatic the North plants Central of Wisconsin, Weed Science including sive what plants. the author We have labels a fantastic as two program “introduced” planned, species, and we Societyfive “invasive” to hold our species, conference and at four the NCWSS“possible Conference future invasiv in e” species.hope that Theyou willguide join is us. designed See the to invasive be user-friendly plant conference and Milwaukeeserve the onneeds 14 and of both15 Dece professionalsmber. This conferenceand non-professiona will ls.schedule Each species below. account includes: an overview photo, bringinset together photos weedhighlighting scientists, key invasive diagnostic species features biologists, that can be discerned with a 10X hand lens, a written description andof naturalthe plant’s resource features, professionals statewide to discussdistribution common and prob- status, habitat,Registration form, and rates similar are $150 species. for both The days accounts or $100 forand one pho- day. lemstographs and solutions. are organized The NCWSS into eight conference different runs groups from 12based – on leafFor moreshape information and configuration. on the conference Classical and written to register, di- visit 15chotomous December, keysin the for beautiful Myriophyllum Hyatt Regency, Sparganium Hotel in down-and Utriculariahttp://www.ncwss.org/meeting-page2.php are also provided. A detailed introduction and find the and regis- town Milwaukee. As a contribution to the NCWSS con- tration for the invasive plant symposium at the bottom of the ference,glossary IPAW clarify worked all terms with MIPN and concepts. to plan a two-day meeting page. The images are crystal clear in their high-resolution format, and Skawinski aptly selects the simplest key features to magnify for positive identificationPlenary under typical Session, field Wednesday survey conditions. AM, Dec.This is14 currently the most comprehensive, 8:30-8:40photo-based guideWelcome to submerged & North Centra and floatil Weedng-leaf Science aquatic Society plants Update for Wisconsin and, in its 9” x 6” format, is per- 8:40-8:50fectly handy to Midwesttake into Invasive the field.