by Kyle J Webster | Oct 8, 2009 | Invasive Species
Pacific mosquito fern (Azolla filculoides), an exotic aquatic fern, has been found in Ulster County this summer by DEC Riparian Buffer Coordinator Kevin Grieser. He has it occurring in two water bodies near New Paltz. These are the first reports for this species in...
by Kyle J Webster | Sep 29, 2009 | Invasive Species
In 2006 a DEC forester was taking his afternoon exercise walk in downtown Albany and noticed this big leafy legume vine smothering a privacy fence. He took some digital pictures and notified Jerry Carlson, DEC State Plant Pathologist, of the location. Ken Carnes,...
by Kyle J Webster | Sep 28, 2009 | Invasive Species
We recently posted an alert for false brome grass but Marilyn Jordan from TNC Long Island is also concerned about wavy leaf basketgrass showing up in New York. Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P. Beauv. ssp. undulatifolius (Ard.) U. Scholz Reported though the Mid-Atlantic...
by Kyle J Webster | Sep 23, 2009 | Invasive Species
From the Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters: It has been taking over fields, roadside signs, fences, trees, and even houses in the United States for years, but now, the kudzu vine (Pueraria montana) has been discovered in Ontario, on the shores of Lake Erie...
by Kyle J Webster | Sep 21, 2009 | Invasive Species
Steve Daniel sent a couple of photos of the invasion in Bergen Swamp.
by Kyle J Webster | Sep 19, 2009 | Invasive Species
From Steve Young: Slender false brome grass (Brachypodium sylvaticum) was recently found in Bergen Swamp in western New York by naturalist Steve Daniel. Until now this invasive grass was only found in Oregon where it has been a serious invader covering tens of...
