August Work Party Takes on Maytens
08 September 2008 - 17:06, jfred decker said
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We returned to the hill above McLaren Lodge with its numerous and popular, if illegal, campsites. Again, our sights were set on a huge infestation of Maytens covering portions of the hill.
Maytens spreads via fast-growing underground roots and then shoots up dense thickets of suckers that suppress nearly everything else. Gardeners know well the ancient frustration of playing “whack-a-mole” with rhizome- or root-spreading plants, but this is ridiculous. It’s like playing “whack-a-mole-ARMY”. Whack we must, so whack we will, right?
Green Neighbors: Mayten, a Tree Refugee, By Ron Sullivan, wrote recently:“The California Invasive Plants Council hasn’t listed it yet, but notes that there’s a localized infestation on Angel Island. I recall hearing about rogue maytens in Strawberry Canyon a few years ago, and up in Davis. It’s a weed in New Zealand, and they’re starting to give it the stink-eye in Spain. That’s the problem with the perfect plant, anywhere you plant it.”
Well, I’ll tell ya, we’re sure giving it the stink-eye here in San Francisco, too!
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