User contributions for Watlington

16 January 2024

• 20:3220:32, 16 January 2024 diff hist +720‎ m Invasive Plants Around Acton ‎ Testing out options for a pictoral guide Tag: Visual edit
• 19:5319:53, 16 January 2024 diff hist +1,826‎ N European Privet Hedge ‎ Created page with "'''Ligustrum vulgare''' ([https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/ligustrum/vulgare/ GoBotany], Wikipedia, USDA) is a deciduous (semi-evergreen) shrub gorwing up to nine feet tall. It has small glossy opposite leaves, with smooth leaf edges, and a dark blue berry. thumb|240x240px|European Privet File:Ligustrum vulgare - Osterreichs allgemeine baumzucht (10421952476) - clean.jpg|left|thumb|248x248px|E..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 18:3818:38, 16 January 2024 diff hist +1,693‎ N Common Buckthorn ‎ Created page with "'''Rhamnus cathartica''' ([https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/rhamnus/cathartica/ GoBotany], Wikipedia, [https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=RHCA3 USDA]) is a small tree growing up to 30 ft. tall, with small black berries. It may or may not have thorns. thumb|280x280px|Common Buckthorn It isn't very common on Acton Conservation Lands, although occasional trees..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 16:0816:08, 16 January 2024 diff hist −4‎ m Mugwort ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 16:0216:02, 16 January 2024 diff hist +9‎ m Japanese Knotweed ‎No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
• 16:0116:01, 16 January 2024 diff hist +102‎ m Multiflora Rose ‎ Added image and hamonized style Tag: Visual edit
• 15:5715:57, 16 January 2024 diff hist +65‎ m Tree of Heaven ‎ Fixed links and harmonized style Tag: Visual edit
• 15:0415:04, 16 January 2024 diff hist +186‎ m Norway Maple ‎ Added links and harmonized the style current Tag: Visual edit
• 05:3005:30, 16 January 2024 diff hist +2,829‎ N Winged Euonymus ‎ Created page with "left|thumb|250x250px|Winged Euonymus thumb|224x224px|Euonymus Wings '''Euonymus Alatus''' ([https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/euonymus/alatus/ GoBotany], Wikipedia, [https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=EUAL13 USDA]) is a shrub growing up to twelve feet in height. It is distinctive for the corky "wings" growing along the older stems, at right angles to..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 04:4104:41, 16 January 2024 diff hist +377‎ m Invasive Plants Around Acton ‎ Added links to primary sources of information Tag: Visual edit
• 04:3004:30, 16 January 2024 diff hist +82‎ m Multiflora Rose ‎ Added USDA National Invasives Species Information Center link Tag: Visual edit
• 04:1704:17, 16 January 2024 diff hist +44‎ N File:Winged Euonymus berries.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 02:3802:38, 16 January 2024 diff hist +21‎ Invasive Plants Around Acton ‎ How could I forget Winged Euonymus ? Tag: Visual edit
• 02:3502:35, 16 January 2024 diff hist +1,950‎ N Autumn Olive ‎ Created page with "thumb|Autumn Olive left|thumb|200x200px|Autumn Olive Berries thumb|267x267px|Autumn Olive '''Elaeagnus umbellata''' ([https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/elaeagnus/umbellata/ GoBotany], Wikipedia, [https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=ELUM USDA]) is an invasive shrub (usually four..." Tag: Visual edit
• 02:0002:00, 16 January 2024 diff hist +18‎ Invasive Plants Around Acton ‎ Added Autumn Olive Tag: Visual edit
• 01:5601:56, 16 January 2024 diff hist +3,234‎ N Japanese Knotweed ‎ Created page with "alt=Picture of Japanese Knotweed plants, with flowers|right|frameless|400x400px '''''Fallopia japonica''''', a.k.a '''''Reynoutria japonica''''' and '''''Polygonum cuspidatum''''' ([https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/fallopia/japonica/ GoBotany], Wikipedia, [https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=FAJA2 USDA] -- [https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/japan..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:4501:45, 16 January 2024 diff hist +232‎ N File:GreatHillLittlePlayingFieldJapaneseKnotweedRemoval.jpeg.jpg ‎No edit summary current

13 January 2024

• 04:3204:32, 13 January 2024 diff hist +23‎ m Invasive Plants Around Acton ‎ Added Japanese Knotweed to Bushes (debated that versus undergrowth) Tag: Visual edit

12 January 2024

• 04:0104:01, 12 January 2024 diff hist 0‎ m Arboretum ‎ Corrected in-wiki link for Multiflora Rose Tag: Visual edit
• 03:5903:59, 12 January 2024 diff hist +143‎ m Arboretum ‎ Corrected my horrible grammar. Added link to Local Elm ID page. Tag: Visual edit
• 03:4403:44, 12 January 2024 diff hist +486‎ N User:Watlington ‎ Created page with "I'm John A. Watlington, an Acton resident for over twenty years, and an Acton Land Steward for over 10 years. I became much more active in Acton's Conservation lands after spending almost a year in the Songjiang/Suzhou district of China, and realizing that the conservation land we had all around town was a gem. The interest in Invasive Plant Species followed soon after, as I started trying to identify what plants I was seeing and realized that many of them were NOT nat..."

10 January 2024

• 04:2004:20, 10 January 2024 diff hist +12‎ m Tree of Heaven ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 04:1904:19, 10 January 2024 diff hist +2,557‎ N Tree of Heaven ‎ Created page with "'''Ailanthus altissima''' (Wikipedia, [https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=AIAL USDA], GoBotany, [https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=3003 IPANE], [https://www.invasive.org/weedcd/pdfs/wow/tree-of-heaven.pdf USFS Weed of the Week!]) is a rapidly growing medium sized tree, up to 80ft. in height. It has large compound leaves, which resemble those of sumac but have a distinctive notch and an "eye" (gland) on e..." Tag: Visual edit
• 04:1804:18, 10 January 2024 diff hist +104‎ N File:Tree of Heaven Saplings.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 01:3801:38, 10 January 2024 diff hist +1,583‎ N Mugwort ‎ Created page with "thumb|Mugwort '''Artemisia Vulgaris''' ([https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=LOBE USDA], Wikipedia, [https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/artemisia/vulgaris/ GoBotany], [https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=5148 IPANE], ''a.k.a.'' Common Wormwood ) is an invasive weed, which establishes a root network to spread itself. It spreads rapidly in disturbed areas. It is found throughout the world,..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:0901:09, 10 January 2024 diff hist +41‎ N File:Mugwort.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 01:0801:08, 10 January 2024 diff hist +60‎ N File:Mugwort roots.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 00:5700:57, 10 January 2024 diff hist +22‎ N File:Mugwort Plant.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 00:5600:56, 10 January 2024 diff hist +55‎ N File:Mugwort Leaf.jpg ‎No edit summary current

9 January 2024

• 03:3203:32, 9 January 2024 diff hist +12‎ m Bush Honeysuckle ‎ Fixed link to brush piles current Tag: Visual edit
• 02:1502:15, 9 January 2024 diff hist +249‎ Girding ‎ Added Signage section current Tag: Visual edit
• 02:1102:11, 9 January 2024 diff hist +22‎ m Girding ‎ Added link to common buckthorn as another species successfully girded at GH Tag: Visual edit
• 02:1002:10, 9 January 2024 diff hist +12‎ Norway Maple ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 02:0902:09, 9 January 2024 diff hist +208‎ Girding ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 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]" current 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