RE: [RC] Interesting article on Spread of Weeds by Horses - Bob Morris
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Kristen:
The AERC Research Grants Committee is
sponsoring a study by the University of Wisconsin titled Are horses responsible for invasive plants in the eastern United
States?
The interim results are proving similar to
the study being conducted by Dominican. There has been several updates on this
work in the EN and we expect to see additional articles soon.
Bob Morris
Chair, AERC Research Grants
Committee
Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID
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ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kristen A Fisher Sent: Wednesday, February 22,
2006 8:29 AM To: KimFue@xxxxxxx;
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] Interesting article on
Spread of Weeds by Horses
I know this reply is
about 2 weeks old but I have been confined to reading revenue-related emails
and not RC so I am just catching up on this. Can someone remind me what grants AERC has funded to
to similar studies and where? I thought the Grant Committee had approved
something like this a while back and can't remember the details - it would be
interesting to compare procedures and results.
Also, it seems weird to
me that all the "alien invaders" they reference are from other *continents*. I
would suspect that horses are not the ones bringing these weeds from
abroad???
And just to throw in a
ringer, I saw a feature about this issue on TV a few months ago:
Granted, this is more
of a cash crop than noxious weeds, but the irrigation and terracing systems
they are carving into the land are very disturbing - along with the automatic
weapons.
FWIW
Kristen in
TX
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
KimFue@xxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:16
PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Interesting
article on Spread of Weeds by Horses
Who Spreads the Weeds? Don't Bet on
the Horse Study of how nonnative plants invade parkland focuses on the
long-held notion that manure carries the seeds. So far, it looks like a
myth.
By Andrew H. Malcolm, Times Staff Writer January 20,
2006
Alien invaders
Public land managers are trying to stem
the spread of invasive plants, which are referred to as noxious weeds.
Most of the weeds listed below spread quickly and displace native
vegetation.
Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris), from Mediterranean
region Yellow star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis), from southern
Europe. Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata), from Eurasia Diffuse
knapweed (Centaurea diffusa), from southeast Eurasia Gorse (Ulex
europaeus), from Western Europe Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius), from
southern Europe, northern
Africa
