User contributions for Watlington

9 January 2024

• 02:0302:03, 9 January 2024 diff hist +1,680‎ N Girding ‎ Created page with "Girding a tree is a way of efficiently killing a tree. The idea is to destroy the path for nutrients to return to the tree roots from its leaves, while leaving intact the ability for leaves to get water and nutrients from the roots. While this can take a couple of years to kill the tree, it works well. Just cutting down a Norway Maple tree will not hurt the roots. They will immediately start regrowing shoots, and if these are not cut multiple times the tree will ev..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:1800:18, 9 January 2024 diff hist +79‎ m Garlic Mustard ‎ Added photo of root structures Tag: Visual edit
• 00:1600:16, 9 January 2024 diff hist +83‎ N File:Garlic Mustard Roots.jpg ‎No edit summary current

8 January 2024

• 21:5721:57, 8 January 2024 diff hist +1,853‎ N Brush Piles ‎ Created page with "When removing invasive plant species, one of the first questions that comes up is: what do we do with the removed plant material ? The answer is that we create brush piles. If you just distribute the cut material, you make it harder to see what might be left to remove, as well as making returns trips to the area harder. Brush piles create beneficial habitat for small animals, as the invasive thickets which they were living in are removed. Quoting item 4 in the [http..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 03:0403:04, 8 January 2024 diff hist +289‎ N Common Practices ‎ Created page with "These are common practices used in dealing with invasive species: * Brush Piles * Girding to kill larger woody plants * [https://trails.actonma.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Welcome-to-the-Acton-Land-Stewardship-Committee-A-Guide-for-Stewards.pdf LSC Steward's Guidebook]" Tag: Visual edit
• 02:5602:56, 8 January 2024 diff hist +23‎ Main Page ‎ Added top level page for invasives removal common practices. current Tag: Visual edit
• 02:5502:55, 8 January 2024 diff hist +3‎ m Invasive Plants Around Acton ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 02:5402:54, 8 January 2024 diff hist +1,730‎ N Norway Maple ‎ Created page with "thumb|Norway Maple Leaf Norway Maple is an invasive tree which quickly replaces native trees. It sprouts leaves earlier than native maples and maintains them later in the fall. It is identified by having additional major leaf lobes (five instead of three) and its smooth bark. Another feature is that it has seed pods which are almost 160 degrees apart from one another (native maples have seed pods much close..." Tag: Visual edit

2 January 2024

• 03:5603:56, 2 January 2024 diff hist +465‎ m Bush Honeysuckle ‎ Added links Tag: Visual edit

31 December 2023

• 20:3320:33, 31 December 2023 diff hist +440‎ m Bush Honeysuckle ‎ Added some photos Tag: Visual edit

24 December 2023

• 01:5401:54, 24 December 2023 diff hist +61‎ m Identifying Local Elm Trees ‎No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
• 01:4301:43, 24 December 2023 diff hist −90‎ Identifying Local Elm Trees ‎ Added more photos Tag: Visual edit

23 December 2023

• 00:3500:35, 23 December 2023 diff hist +236‎ m Identifying Local Elm Trees ‎ Added some pictures Tag: Visual edit

22 December 2023

• 06:2506:25, 22 December 2023 diff hist +53‎ m Identifying Local Elm Trees ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 06:2406:24, 22 December 2023 diff hist +672‎ Identifying Local Elm Trees ‎ Added English Elm Tag: Visual edit
• 06:0206:02, 22 December 2023 diff hist +3,684‎ N Identifying Local Elm Trees ‎ Created page with "While the American Elm tree was devastated by the "Dutch" Elm Disease, there are other species of Elm trees, both native and invasive, growing around Acton. right|frameless|248x248px Elm trees all have one leaf per node (alternate), and simple leaves with toothed edges. The base of the leaf is cordate (heart-shaped), and '''asymmetric'''. (If the base is symmetric, you are probably looking at a Birch tree) The different Elms are co..." Tag: Visual edit
• 03:1703:17, 22 December 2023 diff hist +33‎ N Other Plants Around Acton ‎ Created page with "* Identifying Local Elm Trees" Tag: Visual edit
• 03:1603:16, 22 December 2023 diff hist +32‎ Main Page ‎ Added link to top level page for non-invasive plants around Acton, to store information such as Native Elm Tree identification guide Tag: Visual edit
• 03:1403:14, 22 December 2023 diff hist +2,099‎ Garlic Mustard ‎ Added common mis-identifications Tag: Visual edit

15 December 2023

• 06:2106:21, 15 December 2023 diff hist +1,091‎ N Bush Honeysuckle ‎ Rough first pass, wo links Tag: Visual edit
• 05:3605:36, 15 December 2023 diff hist +2,407‎ N Garlic Mustard ‎ Created page with "'''Alliaria petiolata''' ( [https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=ALPE4 USDA], Wikipedia, [https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/alliaria/petiolata/ GoBotany], [https://cisma-suasco.org/invasive/garlic-mustard/ CISMA] ) right|frameless|400x400px Garlic Mustard shoots up in thickets up to 3ft. in height from basal rosettes in both gras..." Tag: Visual edit
• 05:0405:04, 15 December 2023 diff hist 0‎ Japanese Barberry ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 05:0305:03, 15 December 2023 diff hist +152‎ Japanese Barberry ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 04:5904:59, 15 December 2023 diff hist +52‎ m Invasive Plants Around Acton ‎ Added links for all entries. Added Garlic Mustard! Tag: Visual edit
• 04:5404:54, 15 December 2023 diff hist 0‎ m Japanese Barberry ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 04:5304:53, 15 December 2023 diff hist +2,535‎ N Japanese Barberry ‎ Created page with "'''Berberis thunbergii''' [ [https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=BETH USDA], Wikipedia, [https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/berberis/thunbergii/ GoBotany], [https://cisma-suasco.org/invasive/japanese-barberry/ CISMA] ] right|frameless|300x300px Japanese Barberry is a small deciduous shrub from 2-4 ft. tall (although a 10 ft. tall shrub was found growing in the edge of the..." Tag: Visual edit
• 02:2602:26, 15 December 2023 diff hist +531‎ m Multiflora Rose ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 02:1602:16, 15 December 2023 diff hist +739‎ Asian Bittersweet ‎ Added pictures and more links current Tag: Visual edit

14 December 2023

• 05:1305:13, 14 December 2023 diff hist +3,158‎ N Asian Bittersweet ‎ First pass. Still needs images Tag: Visual edit

9 December 2023

• 04:2604:26, 9 December 2023 diff hist +428‎ m Arboretum ‎ Added section on American Ems Tag: Visual edit
• 02:1702:17, 9 December 2023 diff hist +86‎ N File:Arboretm.jpg ‎No edit summary current

27 November 2023

• 03:2803:28, 27 November 2023 diff hist +2,743‎ N Multiflora Rose ‎ Created page with "thumb Rosa Multiflora ([https://cisma-suasco.org/invasive/multiflora-rose/ CISMA], [https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=ROMU USDA], Wikipedia, [https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/rosa/multiflora/ GoBotany] , [https://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=3071 Invasives.org] ) Multiflora Rose is a densely spreading perennial shrub that can grow up to 15 ft. tall...." Tag: Visual edit
• 02:2902:29, 27 November 2023 diff hist −5‎ m Great Hill ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 01:4901:49, 27 November 2023 diff hist +301‎ Arboretum ‎ Added work done to the Wood Ln. meadow in late Nov. 2023. Tag: Visual edit

27 October 2023

• 22:0722:07, 27 October 2023 diff hist +91‎ m Arboretum ‎ Added some invasives to the list, at Bettina's suggestion Tag: Visual edit

20 October 2023

• 03:4103:41, 20 October 2023 diff hist +2,638‎ N Arboretum Area D ‎ Created page with "The Acton Arboretum has an area adjacent to the parking lot which has long been ignored. An attempt to clear invasive plants from this area was started in 2022. thumb|637x637px == Area 1 - Adjacent to Parking == This area adjacent to the parking lot, bounded by a boulder covered drop-off, was infested with Asian Bittersweet, growing over the Bush Honeysuckle, as well as Garlic Mustard underneath. Clearing was sta..." Tag: Visual edit
• 02:5302:53, 20 October 2023 diff hist +124‎ N File:Arboretum Area D.png ‎No edit summary

19 October 2023

• 23:2023:20, 19 October 2023 diff hist +174‎ m Arboretum ‎ Added more description to Area N Tag: Visual edit
• 05:1605:16, 19 October 2023 diff hist +2,365‎ m Arboretum ‎ Finished a first pass at describing invasives removal areas Tag: Visual edit
• 04:1004:10, 19 October 2023 diff hist +2,695‎ N Arboretum ‎ Created page with "The [https://trails.actonma.gov/arboretum/ Acton Arboretum] comprises both the well-manicured Orchard area, and a wilder wooded portion, with swamps, eskers, bogs, and inner meadows. Invasive plants are found throughout. right|frameless|761x761px == Area A - The Orchard == Area A comprises the "Orchard Loop" plus the new China Garden. Invasives in this area are MultiFlora Rose, Asian Bittersweet, Mugwort, and Garlic Mustar..." Tag: Visual edit
• 03:1903:19, 19 October 2023 diff hist +95‎ N File:InvasivePlantAreas.png ‎No edit summary

17 October 2023

• 23:2623:26, 17 October 2023 diff hist +13‎ N Pratt's Brook ‎ Created page with "Pratt's Brook" Tag: Visual edit
• 23:2623:26, 17 October 2023 diff hist +4‎ m Work Areas ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 02:3602:36, 17 October 2023 diff hist +177‎ m Invasive Plants Around Acton ‎ Added a link to the Invasives Around Acton slide deck Tag: Visual edit
• 02:3102:31, 17 October 2023 diff hist 0‎ File:School St Swamp.png ‎ Watlington uploaded a new version of File:School St Swamp.png current
• 02:2902:29, 17 October 2023 diff hist +15‎ m Great Hill School St Swamp ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 02:2802:28, 17 October 2023 diff hist +84‎ m Great Hill Dog Pond ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 02:2502:25, 17 October 2023 diff hist +3,414‎ N Great Hill School St Swamp ‎ Created page with "This page is about invasive plant species removal in the area of the Acton Great Hill Conservation Land near the School St. Parking Lot. This is a swampy area bounded by the Playing Field to the East, the path to the Little Playing Field (and the Dog Pond) to the North and West, and the Conservation Land boundary to the South. The path from the Parking Lot to the Little Playing Field goes through this area. The invasive plants being removed are the Acton Trifecta: G..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:3301:33, 17 October 2023 diff hist +84‎ N File:School St Swamp.png ‎No edit summary

14 October 2023

• 05:5005:50, 14 October 2023 diff hist +1,754‎ N Great Hill Dog Pond ‎ Created page with "The Great Hill Conservation area has a small, shallow Skating/Dog Pond along one side of the large Playing Field off of School St. This pond was man-made, and is formed by a causeway along the southern side. There are three entry streams and one outlet through a drain pipe under the causeway. A small water gate at the entry of the drain pipe establishes the water level in the pond. There is a fisherman's path along both sides of the pond, which sees regular use (..." Tag: Visual edit