Land Plants - invasive

Knotweed (unknown species) (Fallopia sp.) on Aug 23, 2009

Submitter does not have a specimen
EDRR Status: Local expert notified

Description of specimen

10 ft tall, 15 ft spread, blooming.

Commentary

Hi Brenda,

Thanks for your report! You didnt indicate a species name in the report, but it sounds like what you are reporting is Japanese knotweed? Please reply to confirm the species, then I will know better how to repsond.

Thanks,
Tania

Tania Siemens
WISE Program Coordinator (Watershed and Invasive Species Education)
Oregon Sea Grant Extension
Invasive Species Early Detection and Rapid Response Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy
tania.siemens@oregonstate.edu
541-914-0701

Tania Siemens
Aug. 23, 2009, 11:53 p.m.

Hi Brenda,

I thought you would like to know the outcome of the knotweed report you submitted on August 23, 2009.

This report was forwarded to Glen Brady, Weed Program Manager Douglas Soil & Water Conservation District. Here is his response:
10/26/2009
Hi Tania,
We didn't have that site on our list, but it is now. We found it this afternoon. It is quite a ways from the creek - probably an old homestead planting or something. Thanks for alerting us! We will put it into our treatment plans.

Glen Brady, Weed Program Manager
Douglas Soil & Water Conservation District
2741 W. Harvard Ave. Roseburg, OR 97470




Thanks again for reporting. Keep up the good work. Check out www.westerninvasiesnetwork.org for more info on EDRR and what species we need people looking for.

Thanks,
Tania

Tania Siemens
Invasive Species Early Detection and Rapid Response Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy
WISE Program Coordinator (Watershed and Invasive Species Education)
Oregon Sea Grant Extension
tania.siemens@oregonstate.edu
541-914-0701

Tania Siemens
Nov. 29, 2009, 11:05 p.m.