#invasiveplants

don't shit on them so much; you make people feel the species are useless everywhere

Some of the plants in Brad's backyard! Test your knowledge: which ones are native and which ones aren't?⠀ ⠀ Fun fact: many exotics stay hearty and green long after most native plants have put away their chlorophyll for the winter. ⠀ ⠀ #art #sketch #ink #brushpen #nativeplants #invasiveplants #urbannature #urbanish #cville #trees #colorchange #fall #kudzu #catalpa #pokeweed #privet #dogwood #bittersweet #plants https://www.instagram.com/p/CHutfR3jNpW/?igshid=1ah6cjw7clnrz

Wildflower & railroad 🌸🚂 These pretty blue flowers are chicory, which are about as native to the area as the disused train tracks they’re overtaking. Chicory was brought from Europe to North America by settlers because the roots make a sort of coffee substitute. #wildflowers #blueflowers #chicory #invasiveplants #kootenays #flowersofinstagram #plantstagram #plantblr (at Nelson, British Columbia)

Kendrick mountain from a distance and up close. All but the first photo were taken from within the area burned in the Pumpkin Fire in 2000 and then the Boundary Fire in 2017. This mountain won't be the same for a long time. The Pumpkin fire was a crown fire that burned very hot, killing off most of the trees and many other plants while baking the soil. Clearing out the canopy and disturbing the soil with an intense fire created the perfect habitat for invasive weeds. The most aggressive invasive plants are good at competing for scarce resources in disturbed sites. L. dalmatica is extensively colonizing the burn scar, competing with native species for scarce water resources. A couple weeks ago we released Mecinus janthinus on the mountain, a weevil that only eats a few plants in the genus Linaria. In northern AZ, two Linaria species grow: L. dalmatica and L. vulgare, Dalmatian toadflax and yellow toadflax. Both of these plants are invasive weeds, as are all plants in the genus Linaria growing in the US. Mecinus janthinus is released on wild infestations of toadflaxes to help control their populations. The goal is for the weevils to bring the toadflax populations to low enough numbers to make herbicide application feasible. Despite the robust L. dalmatica pupulations, it's still beautiful up there! Can you see the little rainbow and the elk in the 3rd photo? #invasivespecies #invasiveplants #fire #forestfire #ecology #science #arizona  #botanize #botany #plants #nature #naturephotography #naturalist #inspiration #KendrickMountain #PumpkinFire #BoundaryFire #moutains #naturelover ​#views #invasivespecies (at Kendrick Mountain Wilderness)

This year, two of my goals include documenting the world around me in a nature journal and drawing faster. I'm challenging myself to draw in the field every workday during one of two daily 15 minute breaks with the Forest Service. My FS field season begins next week, so I'm practicing this week- can I get out my supplies, draw, and pack up in 15 minutes?! Here's what I managed in the garden today (photography & packing up occurred after the timer rang 😥): quick notes and sketches of Chenopodium sp., lamb's quarters. These annuals are either C. album or C. berlandieri (mature seeds would be needed for a conclusive ID), two weedy species introduced from Europe. They love to come up in our warm, rich garden soil before proliferating in the yard later in the warm season; I love to pick them and eat their greens before they have a chance to fruit! What's better than a snack and a sketch on a beautiful spring day? . . . I've created a couple of hashtags to keep track of this and related projects: #BEBjournal15s & #BEBjournal in the style of @laragastinger's # lgperpetualjournal. #Amaranthaceae #Chenopodium #lambsquarters #arizona #invasiveplants #nonnativeplants #botanize #botany #plants #nature #ecology #sketching #naturejournal #sketchjournal #garden

Poa bulbosa, native to Eurasia and North Africa but introduced around the world, becoming a noxious invasive weed in some places. Their inflorescences are composed of bulbils, small bulbs capable of growing into whole new plant via apomixis, a form of asexual reproduction without fertilization. Despite primarily reproducing asexually, their populations have high genetic variability. Plant pictured above was found in a yard in Flagstaff. #Arizona #invasiveplants #ponderosapineforests #botany #plants #nature #ecology #botanylove #plantstagram #naturelovers (at Arizona)

10 Most Invasive Species on the Earth

Fridays are Buflegrass days. I meet up with a group and work for a few hours in the Gates Pass area. Worked today near the”Mega Patch” which is a huge near hopeless area of Buflegrass. Decided to just clear out one small area around a Saguaro. At least if the patch catches fire this Saguaro could survive 🌵😁