Dear Benjamin,

Thanks for this knotweed report. I agree this looks like an important site for rapid response given it's proximity to the creek. I will forward this report to the Willamette National Forest staff so that they may be able to possibly inspect the site and evaluate it for a response. I will let you know the outcome. Do you by chance have a photo of the site?

Thanks again for taking the time to submit this important report, and I will be in touch soon,

Tania


Tania Siemens
WISE Program Coordinator (Watershed and Invasive Species Education)
Oregon Sea Grant Extension
Oregon State University
tania.siemens@oregonstate.edu
541-914-0701

Tania Siemens
April 25, 2012, 7:44 a.m.

Hi Benjamin,

My apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I asked the Forest Service botanist to check it out, and the crew found Aralia californica. This is a native species that may look similar to knotweed (large leaves and in wet areas). Do you think you may have mis-identified knotweed? Or, is it possible the crew just didn't find the same plant you reported? If you feel very sure it was knotweed I can ask them to take a second look.

Thanks again for the report! Even so-called "false" reports are better than no report at all because it shows people are looking, and it could have been knotweed. I'd rather get a false report than risk a new invader go undetected. We want to know! Please keep on reporting!

Take care,

Tania Siemens
WISE Program Coordinator (Watershed and Invasive Species Education)
Oregon Sea Grant Extension
Oregon State University
tania.siemens@oregonstate.edu

Tania

Tania Siemens
May 29, 2012, 9:09 a.m.