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Amaranthus Pumilus (Seabeach Amaranth)
Bartonia No. 61, 2002-News and Notes Amaranthus pumilus Raf. (Seabeach Amaranth, Amaranthaceae) Rediscovered in Sussex County, Delaware In August of 2000, Amaranthus pumilus was rediscovered in Sussex Co., Delaware after 125 years without a sighting. It was first collected in Delaware in 1875 by Albert Commons (10 September 1875, A. Commons, s.n., "seabeach, Baltimore Hundred, Delaware," PH). Amaranthus pumilus was federally listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1993. Historically, this species was known from Massachusetts south to South Carolina (Weakley et al. 1996). Amaranthus pumilus was reported as rediscovered at Assateague Island National Seashore, Worcester County, Maryland in 1998 (Ramsey 2000). Prior to rediscovery on Assateague Island and in Sussex County, A. pumilus was extant on Long Island, New York, and in North Carolina and South Carolina. Lisa Marie Kendall of the Delaware Natural Heritage Program, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware Department of Natural Resources discovered the first plants on 7 August 2000. Subsequent surveys revealed a total of 41 individuals scattered over 22 kilometers of Atlantic shoreline. All plants found are within the boundaries of Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island State Parks. The largest number of plants (28) was found within a 1.5-km stretch of shoreline near the swimming beach at Delaware Seashore State Park. This section of beach is the only area where A. pumilus was found that is off-limits to vehicular traffic. This area provides the best habitat for the long-term survival of A. pumilus. Individual plants were found growing on relatively open sand near the base of the primary foredune. -
Weed Risk Assessment for Vitex Rotundifolia L. F. (Lamiaceae)
Weed Risk Assessment for Vitex United States rotundifolia L. f. (Lamiaceae) – Beach Department of Agriculture vitex Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service June 4, 2013 Version 2 Left: Infestation in South Carolina growing down to water line and with runners and fruit stripped by major winter storm (Randy Westbrooks, U.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org). Right: A runner with flowering shoots (Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org). Agency Contact: Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Laboratory Center for Plant Health Science and Technology Plant Protection and Quarantine Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service United States Department of Agriculture 1730 Varsity Drive, Suite 300 Raleigh, NC 27606 Weed Risk Assessment for Vitex rotundifolia Introduction Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) regulates noxious weeds under the authority of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. § 7701-7786, 2000) and the Federal Seed Act (7 U.S.C. § 1581-1610, 1939). A noxious weed is defined as “any plant or plant product that can directly or indirectly injure or cause damage to crops (including nursery stock or plant products), livestock, poultry, or other interests of agriculture, irrigation, navigation, the natural resources of the United States, the public health, or the environment” (7 U.S.C. § 7701-7786, 2000). We use weed risk assessment (WRA)—specifically, the PPQ WRA model (Koop et al., 2012)—to evaluate the risk potential of plants, including those newly detected in the United States, those proposed for import, and those emerging as weeds elsewhere in the world. Because the PPQ WRA model is geographically and climatically neutral, it can be used to evaluate the baseline invasive/weed potential of any plant species for the entire United States or for any area within it. -
Vitex Rotundifolia L.F
NEW YORK NON -NATIVE PLANT INVASIVENESS RANKING FORM Scientific name: Vitex rotundifolia L.f. USDA Plants Code: VIRO80 Common names: Roundleaf chastetree, beach vitex, chasteberry, monk's pepper Native distribution: Asia (China, Japan), India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Australia, Pacific Islands (inlcuding Hawaii) Date assessed: 3 June 2009; edited August 19, 2009 Assessors: Steve Glenn, Gerry Moore Reviewers: LIISMA SRC Date Approved: August 19, 2009 Form version date: 3 March 2009 New York Invasiveness Rank: High (Relative Maximum Score 70.00-80.00) Distribution and Invasiveness Rank ( Obtain from PRISM invasiveness ranking form ) PRISM Status of this species in each PRISM: Current Distribution Invasiveness Rank 1 Adirondack Park Invasive Program Not Assessed Not Assessed 2 Capital/Mohawk Not Assessed Not Assessed 3 Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership Not Assessed Not Assessed 4 Finger Lakes Not Assessed Not Assessed 5 Long Island Invasive Species Management Area Not Present Moderate 6 Lower Hudson Not Assessed Not Assessed 7 Saint Lawrence/Eastern Lake Ontario Not Assessed Not Assessed 8 Western New York Not Assessed Not Assessed Invasiveness Ranking Summary Total (Total Answered*) Total (see details under appropriate sub-section) Possible 1 Ecological impact 40 ( 40 ) 37 2 Biological characteristic and dispersal ability 25 ( 25 ) 20 3 Ecological amplitude and distribution 25 ( 25 ) 4 4 Difficulty of control 10 ( 10 ) 8 Outcome score 100 ( 100 )b 73.00 a † Relative maximum score 73.00 § New York Invasiveness Rank High (Relative Maximum Score 70.00-80.00) * For questions answered “unknown” do not include point value in “Total Answered Points Possible.” If “Total Answered Points Possible” is less than 70.00 points, then the overall invasive rank should be listed as “Unknown.” †Calculated as 100(a/b) to two decimal places. -
Fire and the Invasive Annual Grass Microstegium Vimineum in Eastern Deciduous Forests S
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln JFSP Research Project Reports U.S. Joint Fire Science Program 2012 Fire and the invasive annual grass Microstegium vimineum in eastern deciduous forests S. Luke Flory University of Florida, [email protected] Keith Clay Indiana University, [email protected] Sarah Emery University of Louisville, [email protected] Joseph Robb Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/jfspresearch Part of the Forest Biology Commons, Forest Management Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, Other Environmental Sciences Commons, Other Forestry and Forest Sciences Commons, Sustainability Commons, and the Wood Science and Pulp, Paper Technology Commons Flory, S. Luke; Clay, Keith; Emery, Sarah; and Robb, Joseph, "Fire and the invasive annual grass Microstegium vimineum in eastern deciduous forests" (2012). JFSP Research Project Reports. 79. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/jfspresearch/79 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the U.S. Joint Fire Science Program at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in JFSP Research Project Reports by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Fire and the invasive annual grass Microstegium vimineum in eastern deciduous forests JFSP Project ID: 08-1-2-01 PI: S. Luke Flory, Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, [email protected] Co-PIs: Keith Clay, Department of Biology, Indiana University. [email protected] Sarah Emery, Department of Biology, University of Louisville. [email protected] Joseph Robb, Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge. -
Pest Risk Analysis for Microstegium Vimineum
EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN PLANT PROTECTION ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE ET MEDITERRANEENNE POUR LA PROTECTION DES PLANTES 16-21488 Pest Risk Analysis for Microstegium vimineum Microstegium vimineum in the USA. © Luke Flory September 2015 EPPO 21 Boulevard Richard Lenoir 75011 Paris www.eppo.int [email protected] This risk assessment follows the EPPO Standard PM 5/3(5) Decision-support scheme for quarantine pests (available at http://archives.eppo.int/EPPOStandards/pra.htm) and uses the terminology defined in ISPM 5 Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms (available at https://www.ippc.int/index.php). This document was first elaborated by an Expert Working Group and then reviewed by the Panel on Invasive Alien Plants and if relevant other EPPO bodies. The PRA was reviewed by the EU IAS Scientific Forum in 2016. Cite this document as: EPPO (2014) Pest risk analysis for Microstegium vimineum. EPPO, Paris. Available at http://www.eppo.int/QUARANTINE/Pest_Risk_Analysis/PRA_intro.htm 16-21488 (15-21051) Pest Risk Analysis for Microstegium vimineum This PRA follows the EPPO Decision-support scheme for quarantine pests PM 5/3 (5). A preliminary draft was prepared by Ms Asuman Ergün (PPO of Turkey). This document has been reviewed by an Expert Working Group (EWG) that met at the EPPO Headquarters in Paris, France on the 2014-10-21/24. This EWG was composed of: Mr Giuseppe Brundu, University of Sassari, Italy Ms Asuman Ergün, Plant Protection Organization of Turkey Mr Luke Flory, University of Florida, USA Mr Ari Novy, US Botanic Garden, USA Mr Johan van Valkenburg, Plant Protection Organization of the Netherlands. -
Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, Working Draft of 17 March 2004 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, Working Draft of 17 March 2004 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY Ackerfield, J., and J. Wen. 2002. A morphometric analysis of Hedera L. (the ivy genus, Araliaceae) and its taxonomic implications. Adansonia 24: 197-212. Adams, P. 1961. Observations on the Sagittaria subulata complex. Rhodora 63: 247-265. Adams, R.M. II, and W.J. Dress. 1982. Nodding Lilium species of eastern North America (Liliaceae). Baileya 21: 165-188. Adams, R.P. 1986. Geographic variation in Juniperus silicicola and J. virginiana of the Southeastern United States: multivariant analyses of morphology and terpenoids. Taxon 35: 31-75. ------. 1995. Revisionary study of Caribbean species of Juniperus (Cupressaceae). Phytologia 78: 134-150. ------, and T. Demeke. 1993. Systematic relationships in Juniperus based on random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs). Taxon 42: 553-571. Adams, W.P. 1957. A revision of the genus Ascyrum (Hypericaceae). Rhodora 59: 73-95. ------. 1962. Studies in the Guttiferae. I. A synopsis of Hypericum section Myriandra. Contr. Gray Herbarium Harv. 182: 1-51. ------, and N.K.B. Robson. 1961. A re-evaluation of the generic status of Ascyrum and Crookea (Guttiferae). Rhodora 63: 10-16. Adams, W.P. 1973. Clusiaceae of the southeastern United States. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 89: 62-71. Adler, L. 1999. Polygonum perfoliatum (mile-a-minute weed). Chinquapin 7: 4. Aedo, C., J.J. Aldasoro, and C. Navarro. 1998. Taxonomic revision of Geranium sections Batrachioidea and Divaricata (Geraniaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: 594-630. Affolter, J.M. 1985. A monograph of the genus Lilaeopsis (Umbelliferae). Systematic Bot. Monographs 6. Ahles, H.E., and A.E. -
Bioinvasion and Global Environmental Governance: the Transnational Policy Network on Invasive Alien Species
1 Bioinvasion and Global Environmental Governance: The Transnational Policy Network on Invasive Alien Species Japan’s Actions on IAS Description4 Japan is an a chain of islands between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula in Eastern Asia. It neighbors to the east of the Sea of Japan are People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia. Japan comprises over 3,000 islands; the largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's tenth largest population, with about 128 million people. Japan has a long cultural history with archeological evidence dating back several thousand years before the Christian era. Following the Treaty of Kanagawa with the US in 1854, Japan opened its ports and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power. Since adopting its constitution in 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament, the Diet. Japan has the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP. It is a member of the United Nations, G8, OECD and APEC. Overview of Biodiversity Japan has 67% of the land covered with forest. The length of natural coast is approximately 18,100km, with 51,500ha of tidal flats, 201,200ha of Moba (seaweed/seagrass beds) and about 34,700ha of coral reefs. These are especially important coastal ecosystems in the context of biodiversity conservation. At least 90,000 species inhabit Japan and its ocean areas. -
Non-Native Invasive Plants of the City of Alexandria, Virginia
March 1, 2019 Non-Native Invasive Plants of the City of Alexandria, Virginia Non-native invasive plants have increasingly become a major threat to natural areas, parks, forests, and wetlands by displacing native species and wildlife and significantly degrading habitats. Today, they are considered the greatest threat to natural areas and global biodiversity, second only to habitat loss resulting from development and urbanization (Vitousek et al. 1996, Pimentel et al. 2005). The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has identified 90 non-native invasive plants that threaten natural areas and lands in Virginia (Heffernan et al. 2014) and Swearingen et al. (2010) include 80 plants from a list of nearly 280 non-native invasive plant species documented within the mid- Atlantic region. Largely overlapping with these and other regional lists are 116 species that were documented in the City of Alexandria, Virginia during vegetation surveys and natural resource assessments by the City of Alexandria Dept. of Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Activities (RPCA), Natural Lands Management Section. This list is not regulatory but serves as an educational reference informing those with concerns about non-native invasive plants in the City of Alexandria and vicinity, including taking action to prevent the further spread of these species by not planting them. Exotic species are those that are not native to a particular place or habitat as a result of human intervention. A non-native invasive plant is here defined as one that exhibits some degree of invasiveness, whether dominant and widespread in a particular habitat or landscape or much less common but long-lived and extremely persistent in places where it occurs. -
Microstegium Vimineum
Microstegium vimineum http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/micvim/all.html Microstegium vimineum INTRODUCTORY DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS FIRE ECOLOGY FIRE EFFECTS MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS REFERENCES INTRODUCTORY AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION FEIS ABBREVIATION SYNONYMS NRCS PLANT CODE COMMON NAMES TAXONOMY LIFE FORM FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS OTHER STATUS Understory infestation. Photo ©John M. Randall/The Nature Conservancy AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION: Howard, Janet L. 2005. Microstegium vimineum. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [2007, September 24]. FEIS ABBREVIATION: MICVIM SYNONYMS: Eulalia viminea (Trin.) Kuntze Eulalia viminea var. variabilis Kuntze [31] Microstegium vimineum var. imberbe (Nees) Honda Microstegium vimineum var. vimineum [50] NRCS PLANT CODE [101]: MIVI COMMON NAMES: Nepalese browntop eulalia Japanese stiltgrass Japanese grass Mary's grass Nepal grass TAXONOMY: The scientific name for Nepalese browntop is Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus (Poaceae) [39,50,52,66,69,75,109]. 1 of 25 9/24/2007 4:53 PM Microstegium vimineum http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/micvim/all.html LIFE FORM: Graminoid FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS: None OTHER STATUS: As of this writing (2005), Nepalese browntop is classified as an invasive species in 6 states and 2 Forest Service Regions. Missouri ranks Nepalese browntop in Category B: a plant species that either a) has occasional impact with low impact on native plant communities; or b) disrupts native plant communities in other states, in habitats similar to those found in Missouri [65]. -
Microstegium Vimineum
Microstegium vimineum Microstegium vimineum Japanese stiltgrass Introduction The genus Microstegium contains approximately 40 species worldwide, with 16 species reported from China. Species of Microstegium in China Microstegium vimineum. (Photo by David J. Scientific Name Scientific Name Moorhead, UGA.) M. biaristatum (Steud.) Keng M. japonicum (Miq.) Koidz. vimineum from M. nodosum (Kom.) M. biforme Keng M. monanthum (Nees ex Steud.) A. Camus Tzvel. Fruits are oblong caryopses, 2.5 M. ciliatum (Trin.) A. Camus M. nodosum (Kom.) Tzvel. mm in length[136]. The flowers and fruits M. delicatulum (Hook. f.) A. Camus M. nudum (Trin.) A. Camus appear from August to November. M. dilatatum Koidz. M. somai (Hayata) Ohwi M. fauriei (Hayata) Honda M. vagans (Nees ex Steud.) A. Camus Habitat M. vimineum occurs in moist, shady areas, M. geniculatum (Hayata) Honda M. vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus such as forest edges, moist grasslands, M. glaberrimum (Honda) Koidz. M. yunnanense R. J. Yang open fields, wetlands, margins of crop field, ditch banks, hedges, and ravines. 0.5 mm long, and covered with hairs Taxonomy It occasionally occurs in gardens and on the underside. Leaves have a white Family: Gramineae (Poaceae) crop fields[34][69][96][136] . Genus: Microstegium Nees midrib and are 4-8 cm long and 5-8 mm wide, coarse-margined, acuminate Distribution apically, and somewhat cuneate at the Description M. vimineum occurs in Anhui[84], Fujian, bases. The inflorescence is a raceme Microstegium vimineum is an annual, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, consisting of two to six spikelets, 5 with prostrate stems, and many Hubei[201], Hunan, Jiangsu[80], Jiangxi, cm long, and growing in a finger-like branches that can reach a height of 1 Sichuan, Shandong[7], Taiwan, Yunnan, arrangement along the flat rachis. -
An Uninhabited, Undeveloped Barrier Island. (Under the Direction of Thomas R
ABSTRACT ROSENFELD, KRISTEN MARIE. Ecology of Bird Island, North Carolina: an uninhabited, undeveloped barrier island. (Under the direction of Thomas R. Wentworth.) Barrier islands include some of the most endangered and fragmented ecosystems on the Atlantic coast, providing critical habitat for many species, including some that are threatened and endangered. As the vast majority of these islands have been developed for human usage study and protection of the few remaining undeveloped and undisturbed islands is critical. This study was undertaken in order to characterize the vascular plant communities on Bird Island, an uninhabited, undeveloped barrier island on the border of North and South Carolina, with the objectives of a thorough survey of flora, vegetation, and environment, classification of plant communities, and multivariate analysis of vegetation and environmental data. A floristic inventory of the island and its associated marshes was conducted during the growing season (May- November) of 2002 and 2003. One hundred four 100m2 plots were inventoried for vegetation and environment using protocols developed by the Carolina Vegetation Survey. Plant communities were identified according to the National Vegetation Classification, the Classification of the Natural Communities of North Carolina, and the Carolina Vegetation Survey. Interpretation of vegetation patterns was based on multivariate analysis of vegetation and environmental data. Ninety-one vascular plant species in 35 families, including 4 exotic species, were distributed across 12 communities. Communities on Bird Island appear to be distinctive when compared to those described for other barrier islands in the region. Additionally, the vegetation survey on Bird Island revealed suitable habitat for the federally listed Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus); an important dune-building annual of the North American Atlantic coast. -
Population Genetics and Phylogenetic Context of Weed Evolution in the Genus Amaranthus: Amaranthaceae) Katherine Waselkov Washington University in St
Washington University in St. Louis Washington University Open Scholarship All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Summer 8-12-2013 Population Genetics and Phylogenetic Context of Weed Evolution in the Genus Amaranthus: Amaranthaceae) Katherine Waselkov Washington University in St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd Recommended Citation Waselkov, Katherine, "Population Genetics and Phylogenetic Context of Weed Evolution in the Genus Amaranthus: Amaranthaceae)" (2013). All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). 1162. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd/1162 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Washington University Open Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) by an authorized administrator of Washington University Open Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Dissertation Examination Committee: Kenneth M. Olsen, Chair James M. Cheverud Allan Larson Peter H. Raven Barbara A. Schaal Alan R. Templeton Population Genetics and Phylogenetic Context of Weed Evolution in the Genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) by Katherine Elinor Waselkov A dissertation presented to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy August 2013 St. Louis, Missouri © Copyright 2013 by Katherine Elinor Waselkov.