Comments for Marblehead Conservancy Inc. http://marbleheadconservancy.org Dedicated to preserving Marblehead's open spaces Mon, 07 May 2012 16:03:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Roundleaf Greenbriar by Robert http://marbleheadconservancy.org/invasive-plants/roundleaf-greenbriar/#comment-231 Robert Mon, 07 May 2012 16:03:34 +0000 http://marbleheadconservancy.org/?page_id=57#comment-231 Quite correct. The sentence referred to stated that it is an invasive pest in the northeast, not that it is non-native. However, by starting the sentence with a statement that the plant is native to the southeastern United States, anyone might infer that it is non-native in the northeast, which it is not. The offending sentence has been removed. Thanks for pointing this out. for the Conservancy, R. French rdexfr@msn.com Quite correct. The sentence referred to stated that it is an invasive pest in the northeast, not that it is non-native. However, by starting the sentence with a statement that the plant is native to the southeastern United States, anyone might infer that it is non-native in the northeast, which it is not. The offending sentence has been removed. Thanks for pointing this out.
for the Conservancy,
R. French
rdexfr@msn.com

]]> Comment on Roundleaf Greenbriar by Day 3 « Family of Four Minus One http://marbleheadconservancy.org/invasive-plants/roundleaf-greenbriar/#comment-227 Day 3 « Family of Four Minus One Wed, 02 May 2012 02:03:01 +0000 http://marbleheadconservancy.org/?page_id=57#comment-227 [...]  I wonder if they have any value for the woods or if they just suck the life out of everything?  I’ll have to look that up.  Also found a tick crawling on me.  Flushed [...] [...]  I wonder if they have any value for the woods or if they just suck the life out of everything?  I’ll have to look that up.  Also found a tick crawling on me.  Flushed [...]

]]> Comment on Roundleaf Greenbriar by Walter Kittredge http://marbleheadconservancy.org/invasive-plants/roundleaf-greenbriar/#comment-48 Walter Kittredge Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:13:46 +0000 http://marbleheadconservancy.org/?page_id=57#comment-48 Greenbrier is a NATIVE plant!!! see http://www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Web/Species/pgreenbrier.html It is listed more recently as a native in Harris's Flora of Essex County, 1975. Where did you get information listing it as non-native in New England? I've heard people wrongly state that poison ivy is a non-native plant just because of its aggressive nature, but never greenbrier. Walter Kittredge, Senior Curatorial Assistant, Harvard University Herbaria Greenbrier is a NATIVE plant!!! see http://www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Web/Species/pgreenbrier.html
It is listed more recently as a native in Harris’s Flora of Essex County, 1975. Where did you get information listing it as non-native in New England? I’ve heard people wrongly state that poison ivy is a non-native plant just because of its aggressive nature, but never greenbrier.

Walter Kittredge, Senior Curatorial Assistant, Harvard University Herbaria

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