Category: Dirty Dozen
Volunteers Get To Work at “The Roosevelt Estate”
On November 11th, Fifty volunteers came to help weed out at “The Roosevelt Estate” aka Meadow Croft in Sayville.
Invasive Species and Our Natives: Essential Knowledge
It is imperative that we learn the difference between invasive species and native ones if we are to restore habitat on Long Island
Remove Your Porcelainberry!
Porcelainberry is one of our Dirty Dozen worst invasive plants. It’s vines are overwhelming our woodlands, strangling and shading them out. Introduced in the 1780’s from China as a decorative plant, porcelainberry, like so many imported ornamentals, is invasive. Imported plants face few natural enemies. The insects here did not evolve to feed on that…
The Spotted Lanternfly Has Arrived. We Must Prepare!
Spotted Lanternfly First Spotted in PA The Spotted Lanternfly, which first arrived in Pennsylvania with some landscaping stone brought in from China in 2012, has decimated Pennsylvania’s vineyards and fruit farms, and they are spreading this way! If SLF spread throughout Pennsylvania, then the expected losses would amount to $324.9 million annually with a loss of…
Can We Stop Importing Invasive Plants and Insects?
Importing Invasive Plants and Species With Our Nursery Stock Can we please stop importing invasive plants and insects in our nursery stock? As we make our way through Invasive Species Awareness Week here in New York, we need to reckon with the fact that it’s been human beings who have been introducing them all along…
Mowing And The Spread of Weeds
Long Island’s lawn culture is weed infested. The act of mowing itself makes for an excellent seed dispersal mechanism on your property, and for the neighborhood. Municipalities all have their mowing crews for the many lawns in our public parks and spaces. Let’s look though at what is actually growing on these lawns: We are…
How NOT To Select Street Trees
We need to be far more informed and intentional as to what kinds of trees we plant in our communities. Some LI Towns are better than others here.
Defeating Phragmites
Phragmites is now taken for granted, accepted as part of our environment. That is a grave mistake. This invasive plant destroys local habitat. It can also be managed and in time defeated.
