http://www.neighborsforneighbors.org/2006/09/13/invasive-speacies-re-post/ A soundboard for voices and a springboard for action Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.neighborsforneighbors.org/2006/09/13/invasive-speacies-re-post/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Anonymous Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:31:00 +0000 http://www.neighborsforneighbors.org/2006/09/13/invasive-speacies-re-post/#comment-7 Nice photo! Five-petaled flowers - that's bur cucumber, Sicyos angulatus. Check out http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/sicyosangu.html Nice photo! Five-petaled flowers – that’s bur cucumber, Sicyos angulatus. Check out http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/sicyosangu.html

]]> http://www.neighborsforneighbors.org/2006/09/13/invasive-speacies-re-post/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Anonymous Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.neighborsforneighbors.org/2006/09/13/invasive-speacies-re-post/#comment-6 Well, it is hard to tell from way back here, but I think that is Wild cucumber, Echinocystis lobata, which is a native species (Could possibly be a Bur cucumber, also a native. I'd need to see a close-up of the flowers to be sure...feel free to post or send one). So it's not "invasive" according to the official definition, which requires the species to be non-native. As to whether it has plans to take over the park, probably not. Either one of those vines can be weedy, and clambor over other plants, but you usually don't see them taking over large chunks of space like Asiatic bittersweet or even the native catbriars. Well, it is hard to tell from way back here, but I think that is Wild cucumber, Echinocystis lobata, which is a native species (Could possibly be a Bur cucumber, also a native. I’d need to see a close-up of the flowers to be sure…feel free to post or send one).
So it’s not “invasive” according to the official definition, which requires the species to be non-native. As to whether it has plans to take over the park, probably not. Either one of those vines can be weedy, and clambor over other plants, but you usually don’t see them taking over large chunks of space like Asiatic bittersweet or even the native catbriars.

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