Greetings from the Invasive Warrior Team!

We are proud to say that in the month of January, we had 2 Workdays,

in which new volunteers worked with us to manage 9 large and 40 small

Chinese Privet (our January focus species),

25 Autumn Olive trees, and hundreds of invasive vines:

Japanese Honeysuckle, Wintercreeper and Asiatic Bittersweet.

We will continue to focus our attention

on these invasives but our

February spotlight is Leatherleaf Mahonia.

How can you help us in this exciting work?.

PLEASE JOIN US!

Saturday February 10^th.

We will meet at the club at 0900 before heading to our work site.

Clothing and safety gear should include:

thick pants, boots, work gloves and protective eye wear.

Equipment to bring, if you have it:

Loppers, hand pruners, small hand saws, and small hatchets.

Leatherleaf Mahonia was introduced in the 1800s as an ornamental shrub and is still planted in gardens today. Sometimes called, Leatherleaf Holly because of its evergreen spiny leaves (picture 1 and 2), which resemble American Holly, this shrub can grow 5-10 ft tall. It has been classified as highly invasive in southern states by the USDA. Because of clones and abundant seedlings, these shrubs can multiply quickly, forming dense stands

(picture 3 shown above) that will shade out and outcompete native species for space.

Please identify any species that you think might be invasive, mark it with tape or mark the coordinates and notify your Glenmore Invasive Warrior Sector Leader.

Liza Moorman. Team Leader. Sandown Lane and Sandown Park

liza.moorman@gmail.com

John Crawford: Sandown Park, Trails

john@uscrawford.com

Liz Burns: Scottish Homes

lburns1117@gmail.com

Cathy Martens: Piper East

steve.cathy@sbcglobal.net

Cathy Skelly: Highlands, Carroll Creek area

cathy.skelly@yahoo.com

Nancy Canavan: S section, Glenlochan pond

nancanavan@aol.com

Tom Hedstrom: S section Glenlochan pond

Red99cedar@msn.com