“English ivy is an aggressive invader that threatens all vegetation levels of forested and open areas. growing along the ground as well into the forest canopy……..”
Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas, p,105
Spring 2017
Mr. David shows the class how to properly remove ivy from trees.
Nice picture of the class!
Mr. David had to miss a class due to the arrival of around 3,500 flowers, so the class decided to go for a visit to the greenhouse ad check up on them. While there we decided to work on some trees in the area by the greenhouses.
Mr. David had to miss a class due to the arrival of around 3,500 flowers, so the class decided to go for a visit to the greenhouse ad check up on them.
One day when we first got up that big hill up to the beach, we saw a mysterious animal running into his little hole. We came to a conclusion that the animal was a groundhog.
One day while exploring through the woods, the crew stumbled upon to a former student, Shane, going on a run.
Mr. David had to miss a class due to the arrival of around 3,500 flowers, so the class decided to go for a visit to the greenhouse ad check up on them.
On a nice day the class went up to formerly known the beach but found a little groundhog friend so renamed the area Groundhog Hill. Ariefa and Aranya just finished working on two trees each and Nicky is in the back finishing up his.
Heavier than it looks English ivy vine. Nicky Motazedi saving yet another tree.
Holiday Wreaths
For the class before Thanksgiving break, Lisa, Mary, and David got together and made some Ivy wreaths in the holiday spirit!
(Justin, Emily, and Hipolito did not attend)
Jimson Weed on Campus
While we were looking for porcelain berry near the boardwalk, we found a bunch of these strange-looking plants. We had never seen anything like them. It turns out that they are Jimson Weed; a poisonous (according to Phillip Cho, the University Landscape Architect) plant in the nightshade family. Jimson Weed also turns out to be from Mexico. It may or may not be invasive, depending on who you ask. Sure is interesting though!
Removing Porcelain Berry
Hipolito, a Media and Communications major, and Lisa, a visiting education student from Kassel University, removing porcelain berry off of the UMBC Tech boardwalk.
Porcelain-berry is a beautiful vine with very vivid fruit. But it’s also invasive and smothers other plants and the landscape around it.
Little caterpillar
While removing vines from the outskirts of hilltop circle, we came across this little caterpillar. We have been unable to identify the little mystery beast.
Reward for identification: intellectual enlightenment (and maybe some gummy worms).
Working on the rock garden journal
Last class of 2014 Fall semester
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Students inspect chunk of English ivy vine found from RAC house Maple tree. Final projects presented.
Shane working very hard preparing the cut to show the surface rings.
Samantha Erbe’s PowerPoint
Samantha is the first to publish her full report on the trees she removed ivy from in our class this semester. She has removed ivy from 16 trees and learned about parts of the campus she had never been to in the process. She presented the PowerPoint to the class and really conveyed how much she got out of the project.
Nicholas Romano Spoke to Our Class About GIS Application for Tracking Invasives
Nicholas gave a very informative lecture about the applications of GIS. He showed us a map of all the trees on campus with the ability to track different statistics about the trees even whether they were affected by ivy or invasive insects. You can also map areas affected by different invasive species.
First Class Fall 2014 Continued
We moved our efforts up to this tree outside hillside apartments. This tree is so over grown it may be a multi day effort!
Mary working hard to get the ivy off the tree!
Sam doing her part to save the tree!
Shane cuts through the ivy to save the tree!
We work to save tree S71-123!
We will return next class to finish off the ivy at this location…
Save UMBC Trees 