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Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

NRCS code: CIAR4

Habit: Erect, forming large colonies from creeping rhizomes.

Leaves: alternate, dark green, with irregular spiny lobes.

Flowers: Jul – Sept, flower head flat-toped and clumped together, spineless, rose pink to purple in color and flowers are relatively small compared to other thistles.

Stem: smooth.

Habitat: Occurs in a wide array of habitats if there is enough sunlight. Roadsides disturbed sites, marginal forests, waterways, agricultural fields, railways.

Herb Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org

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Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)

NRCS code: BETH

Habit: dense, deciduous shrub that grows 2 – 8 feet tall.

Leaves: ½ - 1 ½ inches long and shaped like small spatulas or narrow ovals, margins entire, with a color ranging from green to bluish-green to dark reddish purple.

Flowers: Apr – May, abundant pale yellow flowers occur along the entire length of the stem. Flowers are in clusters of two to four.

Fruits: mature Jul – Oct, persist through winter. Bright red berries 1/3” long.

Stems: branches are deeply grooved, brown and usually have single spines.

Habitat: forests and open woodlands, wetlands, pastures, meadows and wastelands. Highly shade tolerant.

Common horticulture plant invading ANF forests.

Shrub

Richard Webb, Self-employed horticulurist, Bugwood.org April Moore, USFS

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Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

NRCS code: ROMU Habit: Medium sized bush, erect branches arching back to ground, branches bear thorns, reaching heights up to 13’

Leaves: pinnately compound divided into 7 – 9 leaflets, finely serrate. Bristle located on leafstalk where leaf connects to branch.

Flowers: May – Jun, white – pinkish white.

Fruits: Jul – Dec, rose hip, spherical, and fleshy, green to yellow and ripening to glossy red.

Plant Resembles native roses: Carolina rose, swamp rose, and climbing rose, however, all have pink flowers in spring and non-bristled leafstalk bases, also none forming extensive infestations except swamp rose in wet habitat.

Shrub

John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org April Moore, USFS

Japanese Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis)

NRCS code: PATE11

Habit: Perennial evergreen ground cover, ½ to 1 foot tall.

Leaves: dark green oval leaves (2-4" long) appear primarily in whorls at the stem ends.

Flowers: April, tiny white flowers in 1-2" long, terminal spikes.

Habitat: Part shade to full shade, moist soil.

Common horticulture plant invading ANF forests.

Vine

Jil M. Swearingen, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org

Common periwinkle, myrtle (Vinca minor)

NRCS code: VIMI2

Habit: vine or subshrub, evergreen groundcover.

Leaves: dark green, opposite, egg-shaped, cultivars can be varigated.

Flowers: blue, lilac or white, solitary in the leaf axils, on long stalks.

Stems: smooth.

Habitat: forests, roadsides, wet areas, shade tolerant, lawns, waste places.

Common horticulture plant invading ANF forests.

Vine

James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org

Site 1 – KEF Office Area – Example of plants/locations Species: Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) Habit: Deciduous Shrub Treatment: Manual and/or mechanical.

Safety/operational concerns:

fences, buildings, stone pillars – damage to/from.

Plant(s)

Site 1 – KEF Office Area (cont.)

Species: Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) Treatment: Manual and/or mechanical.

Safety/operational Concerns : Plants occur along roads/in roadside ditches.

Plant(s)

Site 2 - FR185/Gas Line (West Side) Species: Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) Habit: Deciduous Shrub Treatment Method: Manual and/or mechanical.

Safety/operational Concerns : ROW edge – rocks, uneven ground, wire fence, underground lines. Adjacent to open Forest Service road – use appropriate road signing for alerting traffic, where ANSI class 2 standard reflective gear; surrounding vegetation may hide litter, holes tripping hazards.

Comments: Difficult to find multiflora rose in summer/fall vegetation.

Orange flags on some of the Multiflora rose bushes Center of ROW South edge of ROW

Site 3 - FR185/Gas Line (East Side) Species: Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) Habit: Deciduous Shrub Treatment Method: Manual and/or mechanical.

Safety/operational Concerns : ROW edge – rocks, uneven ground, wire fence, underground lines. Adjacent to open Forest Service road – use appropriate road signing for alerting traffic, where ANSI class 2 standard reflective gear; surrounding vegetation may hide litter, holes tripping hazards.

Orange flags on some of the Multiflora rose bushes.

Site 4 - FR185 Species: Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii) Habit: Deciduous Shrub Treatment: Manual and/or mechanical.

Safety/operational Concerns: Adjacent to open Forest Service road – use appropriate road signing for alerting traffic, where ANSI class 2 standard reflective gear; surrounding vegetation may hide litter, holes tripping hazards.

Plant Resprouts

Site 5 - FR302/FR304 Junction Species: Periwinkle (Vinca minor), Japanese Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis) Habit: Evergreen vine Treatment: Manual and/or mechanical.

Safety/operational Concerns: roadside.

Infestation location

Site 5 - FR302/FR304 Junction (cont.)

Japanese Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis) Periwinkle (Vinca minor) Species with Extensive root systems

Site 6 - FR302 Species: Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Habit: Herbaceous perennial Treatment: Manual and/or mechanical.

Safety/operational Concerns: gas line/pipes in center of infestation.

Infestation

Site 7 - SR326/FR302 Junction Species: Multiflora Rose – one plant approx. 2 feet in diameter in utility corridor Southwest corner of SR326/FR302 junction.

Habit: Deciduous Shrub Treatment: Manual and/or mechanical.

Safety/operational Concerns: adjacent to township road – use appropriate road signing for alerting traffic, where ANSI class 2 standard reflective gear, surrounding vegetation may hide litter, holes tripping hazards. May be underground lines in ROW.

Side view shows dead canes Top View shows resprouts Plant partially killed with herbicide spraying from utility line maintenance completed by Township.