[mikmaze]

well one invasive, non native is getting its ass handed to it........ multi flora rose has been stricken with rose rossette disease, and infected plants die, and spread to others, soon no more mfr in the woods.

 

[230grain hollowpoint]

Actually the DFW has gotten better at brush hogging Russian olive. I noticed recently they cleared the field at the top of Pompey mountain on Walpack WMA. A few years ago it was a Russian olive jungle.

The DWGNRA land does not get anything cleared up it has rampiant Russian Olive and Barberry.

The bear crap around my bait is loaded with those berrys. Russian Olives don't turn red.

That sounds like barberry. I have seen red tinted bear crap where there are a lot of barberry.

Bears also eat a lot of chokecherries when that is around. With that their crap is almost black with a lot of seeds.You see this a lot in Waywayanda.

 

[bronzecollector]

laeagnus angustifolia is a usually thorny​ shrub or small tree growing to 5–7 m in height. Its stems, buds, and leaves have a dense covering of silvery to rusty scales. The leaves are alternate, lanceolate, 4–9 cm long and 1-2.5 cm broad, with a smooth margin. The highly aromatic flowers, produced in clusters of 1-3, are 1 cm long with a four-lobed creamy yellow calyx; they appear in early summer and are followed by clusters of fruit, a small cherry-like drupe 1-1.7 cm long, orange-red covered in silvery scales. The fruits are edible and sweet, though with a dryish, mealy texture. Its common name comes from its similarity in appearance to the olive (Olea europaea), in a different botanical family,

Both thorny and red berries

 

[hvnj]

Growing up in PA in the early 80's I remember the PA game commission giving this away as part of wildlife habitat improvment projects. Should have known better.

 

[brokeleghunter]

damn thorns tore through the boots under the quad and I blew an axle. Hate that crap!!! Eradicate it, cut it when you can guys.

 

[bwd172]

The DWGNRA land does not get anything cleared up it has rampiant Russian Olive and Barberry.

You got that right. They need to get trucks with winches and tear it out by the roots. Put it all in a pile and burn it.

 

[JackHarris]

Fredon has it bad - a lot of farm fields left to their own demise, many new developments cleared more land than necessary, it all turned to Autumn-olives in just a few year. I do think it is a major contributing factor to the bear population explosion, both in terms of new cover and new fall food source - a MAJOR food source. And because all the newer land development that left this stuff growing very close to newer homes, it dramatically increased bear/human encounters as well. 30 years ago when I never saw autumn olive - I never saw bears. This can't be a coincidence that both populations boomed concurrently.

 

[mracks]

Definitely invasive, but if it makes good habitat is it really an issue

 

[swampbuck]

Yes it is! In some cases it is a catch 22, good wildlife food and cover but extremely invasive and overcomes natives. I have it bad on my farm and now have a cost share plan with the NRCS for invasive control.