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Have you seen this vine? Help Control M-A-M in Connecticut! Visit the links below for more information on Mile-A-Minute vine, other invasive species, plant identification, biological controls, native species and more. University of Connecticut Mile-A-Minute web site:. Http:/ www.hort.uconn.edu/mam/. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team 2008 publication Biology and Biological Control of Mile-A-Minute Weed. 156Mb): http:/ ag.udel.edu/enwc/research/biocontrol/pdf/FHTETMAMpub2008.pdf. Http:/ copland....
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Have you seen this vine? Help Control M-A-M in Connecticut! Be on the Lookout for Mile-a Minute Vine! Posted 9/24/14 from New Milford, CT. Persicaria perfoliata formerly Polygonum perfoliatum). For the current map. MAM is a serious threat to agriculture, the economy, and the environment. It smothers fields, shrublands, and forest edges. killing most other vegetation. The vines can grow six inches a day and can climb more than 20 feet high, blanketing everything in sight. Photo by Katrina Schindledecker.
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Have you seen this vine? Help Control M-A-M in Connecticut! The annual Mad Gardeners Symposium will be held on Saturday, March 1, 2014:. Life in the Garden. March 1, 2014. Housatonic Valley Regional HS. Falls Village, Connecticut. Agricultural Education Dept. HVRHS. Snow Day Sunday, March 2, 2014. To learn if the symposium is postponed due to inclement weather, call one of the following:(860) 355-1547,. 860) 354-1299 or (860) 355-3429. Registration before February 26, 2014 includes lunch:.
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Have you seen this vine? Help Control M-A-M in Connecticut! Maps of known mile-a-minute populations. See www.mam.uconn.edu. For an up-to-date mape of towns in Connecticut where Mile-a-Minute has been confirmed. The maps below are provided for your information only. We are continually removing plants and making new sitings. Updates will be made as they become available. (New York map courtesy of the Invasive Plant Council of New York State.). Litchfield County, CT —End-of-Year 2014. Contact us about MAM.
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Have you seen this vine? Help Control M-A-M in Connecticut! Volunteers.we need you! WE NEED YOUR HELP:. To contact property owners and help check properties around the periphery of the known MAM areas. Contact: Kathleen Nelson, knelson151@sbcglobal.net or 860-355-1547. To contribute, send a tax-deductible donation check payable to. Mad Gardeners' Invasive Species Fund. To Angela Dimmitt, Mad Gardeners Inc., PO Box 146, Sherman CT 06784. Contact us about MAM. This site is sponsored by. Mad Gardeners, Inc.
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Have you seen this vine? Help Control M-A-M in Connecticut! A new weed is coming your way. Posted 9/24/14 from New Milford, CT. You may already have heard about Asian Mile-a-Minute Vine, (MAM), which was accidentally introduced into Pennsylvania, and is rapidly moving north, smothering fields, meadows, and woodland edges. An annual that can grow six inches a day, it blankets everything, blocking other plants’ light. Only tall trees may survive. 3 Removed MAM plants on the approximately 125 properties whe...
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Have you seen this vine? Help Control M-A-M in Connecticut! Mile-a-Minute (Polygonum perfoliatum L). Mile-a-minute Weed; Mile-a-minute;. Devil’s or Asiatic Tearthumb. IF YOU SEE IT, REPORT IT: triangles (equilateral), barbs (tiny), on a vine. Please report all sightings to knelson151@sbcglobal.net. Or donna.ellis@uconn.edu. Or The Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group at 860-486-6448. So we can track the spread of MAM vine. Another useful feature for identification is the way the stems keep reaching u...
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Have you seen this vine? Help Control M-A-M in Connecticut! Please feel free to printout any of the following downloadable pdf files to use as a reference or to help educate your friends and neighbors. If you would like flyers or postcards mailed to yo, please contact Angela Dimmitt, Mad Gardeners, PO Box 146, Sherman, CT 06784 or email: arkettkn@madgardeners.org. Learn To Spot MAM - 11x17 Poster. Click on the image to download). Postcard showing plant details. Click on the image to download). Vine Pleas...
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Have you seen this vine? Help Control M-A-M in Connecticut! Photo by Renee Sullivan. A closeup of Mile-A-Minute Vine showing the equilateral triangular leaves, tiny barbs, and blue fruits. Please note that fruit is not always present on MAM—look for the triangular leaves and tiny barbs on a vine and call if you see any! Our first major M-A-M pull in 2006 with the Not-In-My-Backyard team! Pullers include dignataries and committee members alike. More photos to come. Contact us about MAM. Mad Gardeners, Inc.
