Invasive Weed Walk on Sat, June 1 at 9:30am
Join Walter Mulbry, chair of the FOSC invasive plant removal committee, on Sat, June 1 at 9:30am for a leisurely one hour walk to look for new and not-so-new invasive plant species in Sligo Creek and discuss management strategies.
We’ll meet at the tennis court parking lot on Sligo Creek Parkway just north of Piney Branch in Silver Spring. We’ll walk upstream to Wayne Ave. and back. We’ll likely encounter poison ivy along the trail so wear long pants and covered shoes. In case of rain, we’ll postpone the walk until June 8 at 9:30am.
No registration needed.
Clean-up between Wayne Ave and Colesville Rd. on Sat, June 1 at 10am
The next Section 5 clean up will be on Saturday, June 1st at 10am along Sligo Creek Parkway between Wayne Ave and Colesville Rd.
We will meet at the Sligo Creek Parkway parking lot just north of Three Oaks Drive (towards Colesville). As always, I will provide gloves, bags, grabbers and neon vests for those who work along the road.
Please bring water and dress for the weather. Looking forward to seeing you!
– Carrie, Section 5 Steward
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Spring 2024 Top Invasives
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- Multiflora Rose
- English Ivy
- Bush honeysuckle
- Italian Arum
- Multiflora Rose
- English Ivy
- Bush honeysuckle
- Italian Arum
Invasive: Italian Arum
Italian Arum is back in force around Sligo Creek and Long Branch. One of the EDRR (Early Detection, Rapid Response) invasive species, it has many little “daughter” corms attached to its main corm which makes it difficult to remove completely. Dig it out carefully. Screen the loosened soil for small “daughter” corms. There is some evidence that spraying with glyphosate is effective at killing all its corms.
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