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8:30 a.m. Audubon Society Field Trip See Event Description

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9 a.m. Arcata Farmers' Market Arcata Plaza

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9:30 a.m. Discovery Walk: Unknown Waterfront See Event Description

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9:30 a.m. Manila Dunes Restoration Manila Community Center

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10 a.m. Manila Dunes Guided Walk Manila Community Center

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10 a.m. Library Book Sale Humboldt County Library

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10 a.m. Dia de los Muertos and Mexican Folk Art Sale Private Eureka home

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10 a.m. Final Arcata Farmer's Market Arcata Farmers' Market (off the plaza)

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11 a.m. Donlin Foreman Dance Workshop Dell'Arte

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2 p.m. Humboldt Coastal Nature Center Draft Trails Plan Walk Stamps House

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5 p.m. Bati Zado and Show Redwood Raks World Dance Studio

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6 p.m. The Tumbleweeds Chapala Cafe

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6 p.m. Ali Chaudhary (jazz duo) Libation

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6:30 p.m. Not Evil, Just Wrong Humboldt Area Foundation

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7 p.m. Guitar Stan (country) Old Town Coffee & Chocolates

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8 p.m. Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona Arkley Center for the Performing Arts

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8 p.m. Stones in His Pockets Arcata Playhouse

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8 p.m. A Christmas Carol North Coast Repertory Theater

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8 p.m. Donna Landry Swing Dance Moose Lodge

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8 p.m. North Coast Wind Ensemble Fulkerson Recital Hall at HSU

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8:30 p.m. The Last Minute Men (international) Cafe Mokka

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9 p.m. Ian McFeron Band (folk rock) Six Rivers Brewery

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9 p.m. The Michael Paul Band WAVE @ blue lake casino

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9 p.m. The Generatorz (classic rock) Central Station Cocktail Lounge

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9 p.m. Taxi Bear River Casino

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9 p.m. VJ Itchie Fingaz Pearl Lounge

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9 p.m. Jack Ruby Presents + Blue Street + Acufunkture (DIY rock) Jambalaya

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9 p.m. 2nd Annual Scorpio Bash The Red Fox Tavern

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10 p.m. Music by DJ Sidelines

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10 p.m. DJ Icy Hot Aunty Mo's Lounge

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10 p.m. Jemimah Puddleduck (rock) Humboldt Brews

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10 p.m. White Manna + Midday Veil + The King Salmon Duo (rock) Jambalaya

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11 p.m. Radio Moscow (psychadelic blues) + Mosquito Bandito (one-man surf/garage) The Alibi Lounge and Restaurant

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  • Scotch broom (<i>Cytisus scoparius</i>). Photo by Don Garlick. Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius). Photo by Don Garlick.
  • Weed wrench. Photo by Don Garlick. Weed wrench. Photo by Don Garlick.
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Alien Plants

Alien Plants

By Don Garlick

Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana).Photo by Don Garlick.

Which are the worst invasive plants in our region? My ranking is presented below:

#1: The Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) is so familiar that no photo is required. This bramble is so aggressive that we have all encountered its tenacious thorns. Don’t defend it by invoking its sweet berries; it out-competes our native Trailing Blackberry (R. ursinus) which produces superior, though smaller and earlier, berries. If forced to write something positive I would mention its efficacy at discouraging off-road motorcycles. It’s hard to believe that this European native was deliberately transplanted to the U.S. in 1885 by Luther Burbank.

#2: Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) produces copious yellow flowers and then seed pods. When fully established it is impenetrable except by bulldozer. It is therefore essential to catch it young, and to remain vigilant because seeds can germinate for several years after their dispersal by birds. Fire enhances seed germination. One positive attribute is its ability to compete with #1. Brooms are native to Europe and were introduced as ornamentals in the U.S. about 1850.

#3: Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana), named by Alex von Humboldt, has garnered the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit. Those judges never needed to cross impenetrable stands of Pampas Grass with their sharp-edged leaves. Resort to chemicals. On a positive note, they are quick to colonize erosion-threatened slopes with their prolific, wind-dispersed seeds.

#4: English Ivy (Hedera helix) smothers trees. But there are other species on California’s Invasive Plant Inventory that may be worse, such as Cotoneaster or pasture-destroying, horse-poisoning, Yellow Star Thistle.

The best way to permanently control many of our invasive exotics is to shade them out with redwoods.

While taking the last photo of a Weed Wrench extracting a Scotch Broom, I was horribly attacked by an indigenous Poison Oak.

comments

1. KitenkaSolo:

July 14, 11:20 p.m.

Спасибо!! Очень было интересно почитать!! :) Не могли б выкладывать побольше информации?

2. Kunstkamera:

Aug. 6, 5:22 a.m.

grundik+slava: one additional mantra nearly...

3. avtoman:

Aug. 15, 12:35 p.m.

Пропущено несколько запятых, но на интересность сообщения это никак не повлияло

4. глазаГолова:

Oct. 14, 4:49 a.m.

Слабо моё имя расшифровать 91976f48c65447c754031986efb645ac ?

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