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  • Recommended Native Plants for Maryland

  • Black Chokeberry

    … host plant for Coral Hairstreak butterflies and the Large Lace-border Moth . Some songbirds and small mammals feed on …

  • Weed Identification Photos in Maryland

    … Ground ivy photo by C. Carignan, UME Updated: November 5, 2024 … Mallow Mugwort Mulberryweed Oxalis Pigweed Plantain Poison Hemlock Pokeweed Prostrate Knotweed Prostrate Spurge … Rose Norway Maple Oriental Bittersweet Princess Tree Poison Ivy Porcelainberry Tree of Heaven Wineberry Winter …

  • Forest Threats: Invasive Plants and Shrubs

    … Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group Tree of Heaven ( Ailanthus altissima ) Invasives in Your Woodland: Tree-of-heaven ( Branching Out,  Vol. 29, no. 1 - Winter, …

  • Social Wasps: Yellowjackets, Hornets, and Paper Wasps

    … color. Nests are located in sheltered hollows (such as tree cavities or wall voids), under building eaves or tree branches, or in the ground (such as in an old rodent … their needs. Wasps that nest in trees do not cause the tree significant damage, but the collection of nesting …

  • Invasives in your Woodland: Porcelain-berry

    … Porcelain-berry fruits. Photo by Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of … into berries of a variety of colors. Beginning as white fruits, they turn yellow, lilac, green, or turquoise. Observing both the small flowers and the fruits will also aid in identification. Native grape flowers …

  • Resources

    … types of projects Incubate the production of small fruits and increase acreage by existing small fruit growers. … at thach@vt.edu to join the Google Group.   Fruit Matters Tree Fruit News Washington State University … more about all aspects of wine.   International Fruit Tree Association    Maryland Apple Promotion Board    …

  • Invasives in Your Woodland: Oriental Bittersweet

    … four inches in diameter. As it grows in spirals around a tree, the vine is able to girdle and kill the tree or break off its branches under its weight. If … and two to five inches in length. Oriental bittersweet’s fruits are round and yellow which split to reveal bright red …

  • Invasives in Your Woodland: Chinese and Japanese Wisteria

    … direction in which these invasive wisterias twine around a tree can be diagnostic. A Chinese Wisteria vine twines counterclockwise around a Princess tree in Calvert County, MD in 2018. Photo by Jim Brighton, … direction in which these invasive wisterias twine around a tree can be diagnostic. A Japanese Wisteria vine twines …

  • Poison Ivy

    … native plant found in woodlands, fields, pastures, farms, and home landscapes. In natural areas, its berries provide … on its age and growing conditions. When growing in a tree, mature vines become thick and develop dark brown hairy … attached. In some cases, it also can grow as an upright shrub without support. Shrub forms typically develop when …