Mile-A-Minute Weed Conference
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) R’s known as mile-a
minute weed, tearthutnb, or, sci
entifically, Polygonum perfolia
lum. It can produce vines up to 25
feet long in a season, and it smo
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then shrubs, native plants, and
tree seedlings.
Learn more about this noxious
weed at the Mile-a-Minute Weed
Conference at the Olde York Val
ley Inn in York on July 17-18.
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harvesting process.
u Mile-a-minute weed is fast
growing, dense, and smothen
nearly every plant in its path, in
cluding small trees,” said Nathan
Hartwig. professor of weed sci
ence in Penn State’s College of
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Agricultural Sciences. “It’s espe
cially a problem where forests are
clear cut because it smothers
transplanted tree seedlings.”
Presentations will cover infor
mation on controlling the weed in
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 8, 1995-C5
agronomic crops, crownvetch, re
forested areas, and landscape and
tree nurseries. Information also
will be provided on the history,
distribution, biology
and ecology of the
I weed; related species in
I the state; and economic
I losses caused by the
I weed.
Speakers will include
Hartwig; Larry Kuhns,
professor of ornamental
horticulture; Larry Mc-
Cormick, professor of
forest resources; Donald
Windier of Towson
State University; Wil
bur Mountain, state bo
tanist with the Pennsyl
vania Department of
Agriculture; and Alfred
Gruber, owner of Cono
wingo Trees in Newark,
Delaware.
Two graduate stu
dents also will present
their research. C. Fagan
Johnson, of Penn State,
will discuss the weed’s
invasion of open areas
in conifer and hardwood
forests. Judith Gerlach,
of George Mason Uni
versity, will discuss bio
logical and ecological
factors in the southern
progression of the weed.
Mile-a-minute weed
was accidentally intro
duced from Asia into
York County in the late
1930 s by a nursery own
er importing plants from
Japan. It has spread to
Adams, Bedford, Berks,
Bucks, Cambria, Cen
tre. Chester, Cumber
land. Dauphin. Dela
ware, Fulton, Indiana,
Lancaster, Lycoming,
Mifflin, Perry, Philadel
phia and Westmoreland
counties. It also has
been found in Delaware,
Maryland, New Jersey,
Ohio and Virginia.
Landowners in the
York area who have
found serious infesta
tions of the weed and
would be willing to have
their property toured by
conference attendants
are asked to contact Lar
ry McCormick at (814)
865-3595 before July 7.
“Researchers also are
interested in learning if
the weed has spread to
new areas,” Hartwig
said. People in counties
or states other than those
listed should contact
Wilbur Mountain at
(717) 772-5209.
The Mile-a-Minute
Conference will take
place July 17 and 18 at
the Olde York Valley
Inn, 3883 East Market
Street in York. The $4O
registration fee includes
bus transportation for a
field tour, coffee, and
lunch on Tuesday. Call
(717) 840-0748 for
room reservations.
To preregister, con
tact Mile-a-Minute
Weed Conference, The
Pennsylvania State Uni
versity, 306 Agricultur
al Administration
Building, University
Park, PA 16802-8301,
(814) 865-8301. For
more information, con
tact Nathan Hartwig at
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