Deborah Y.D. Szarek Have you ever dealt with the utter frustration of the japanese honeysuckle dictating your precious garden? May good luck be with you, because this invasive species is hard to kill. Nearly Impossible even. It is found in many places in North America. While it is legal it can easily disrupt existing ecosystems and take over. If one is unlucky enough to come across this deadly vine, do not fear, for there are some ways to exterminate it permanently. Lonicera Japonica ( the scientific name of the plant) used to be only found in Japan and East asia. This Honeysuckle is quite a beautiful plant with milky white flowers. The flowers turn yellow as they age (fcps.edu). The leaves donn a dark green color and to finish it off, they sprout black berries. And This plant can grow in either a vine or bush form(fcps.edu). There more often seen and known is it's deadly vine form. As the name implies, the Japanese Honeysuckle is native to Japan. But since it's got to America it has become quite invasive. The Japanese Honeysuckle is known …show more content…
to invade biomes like Wetlands, Forests and even the Barrens. The Japanese honeysuckle was brought by sea in the 1800’s from the islands of Japan to America.
It was brought to the U.S. for Decorating purposes, It’s beautiful. It is spread easily because birds ingest the seeds. Then the seed passes through the bird and sprouts far from where it originated (mdc.mo.gov). The only threat to its survival is that the occasional deer may step on it or eat a little (plants.ifas.ufl.edu) The people though soon realized how much the Japanese Honeysuckle harmed the plants around it. The Japanese honeysuckle is capable of growing almost anywhere. It wraps its cord-like around the trunks of trees. By doing this, The Japanese Honeysuckle blocks them of sunlight and water so the tree dies. The worst part is, these japanese beauties are almost impossible to kill. Every single segment of the vine can regrow. The Japanese Honeysuckle is around almost all of the year because it is a Semi-Evergreen
plant. Do not lose hope, for there are some ways the defeat this Japanese killer. Burning it, some very specific herbicides, and mechanical cutting are some ways to get rid of it. Grazing, the herbicides picloram, amitrole, aminotriazole, atrazine, and others have failed to do the job (mdc.mo.gov). To keep this vine out of your life, monitor your plants. Kill the vine early. There are also classes that educate homeowners about what to do with invasive plants. While being a sweet and beautiful plant, the Japanese honeysuckle is a fast growing parasite but luckily here are many methods to rid your garden of this vicious vine.
The novel “The Jade Peony” is narrated by three different characters throughout the story as it progresses. In part one of the book, it is narrated by a character named “Jook Liang” but usually just called Liang while in conversation. The reader is told the setting and time of the plot, which is in Vancouver, BC and in the time of the Great Depression (In the 1930s). We also learn the names of all the members in Liang’s family. An important figure in Liang’s portion of the story is a man named Wong-Suk. Wong-Suk and Liang become great friends, he occasionally tells her tales from the past. While Poh-Poh was helping Liang tie a ribbon for her tap dance shoes, we learn about her childhood. Poh-Poh was considered disfigured and her mom sold her to a family, where she
Firstly, with Hickory Hollow is the disappearing crayfish in Ribbon Cave. This problem, it seems, is the result of heavy metals found in the water. The heavy metals were found at the site of Ribbon Cave, as well as the northern portion of Aram Creek. We tested for heavy metals at well sites G, I, L, M, and S for heavy metals, with the only positives being well sites I and L. Nevertheless, this still confirmed our theory. The heavy metals found in the water have most likely resulted from Compara Corp’s hazardous waste spills, a problem that has occurred multiple times. The heavy metals found in the water being lead, tin, copper, and ammonia would then be highly probable. To fix this problem the answer is simple, “The answer, according to the agency and an outside expert, is twofold: treatment and dilution” (Pappas, 1). Treating the water is simple: the water needs the acidity to be reduced. After that is done, you must dilute the water (add water to the creek). However, the problems will never fully go away, but they will be greatly decreased. In conclusion, in order to save the lives of the crayfish, Hickory Hollow must treat Aram Creek in order to strip the heavy metals.
I am a pottery maker for the king of Crete. I create very elaborate pottery for the king. Two of the types of pottery are known as Kamares ware and Marine Style. These two types of pottery are some of the best pottery that has ever been made in our time. Our pottery is created with a flowing, naturalistic shape and design. We pottery makers put images of animals, sea and plant life on our pottery.
Hawaii is such a diverse and unique area that it is said to be a biologist’s paradise. Biologists travel here to study the wide variety of species and one such species is Aleurites moluccana or the kukui tree. The kukui tree is originally from Southeast Asia, particularly the Indo-Malaysia region, and has moved its way into the Pacific. It was first introduced to the Hawaiian islands when the Polynesians navigated their way here hundreds of years ago (Elevitch, C. R., & Manner, H. I., 2006). Since then, the kukui tree’s physical adaptations have helped it to thrive in Hawaii and native Hawaiians were able to utilize this plant in a number of ways.
St. John's Wort scientifically known as Hypericum Perforatum, an herbal remedy generally used to treat depression, is making a rise throughout Europe and the United States. St. John's Wort is a perennial plant that produces abundant yellow flowers and grows naturally throughout much of the world, including specifically in northern California, southern Oregon, and Colorado. It usually flowers on “sunlight hills and forest edges” during the summer, between June and August. It was named after St. John the Baptist and is often harvested and in full bloom around St. John's Day, June 24.
In Santa Rosa California stands the Adobe of Maria Ygnacia de Carrillo, known by many citizens of Sonoma County as the Carrillo Adobe. In the years of 1837-1838 a woman by the name of Maria Ygnacia de Carrillo built her home in what would become Santa Rosa, California. The foundation of her home was laid by Franciscan monks years earlier when they wished to build the 22nd mission in California, however they moved on to other sites in the surrounding area. After Carrillo’s death, the adobe became the first post office of Santa Rosa, California, a trading post, and a drying shed for a prune farmer named Hahman who would later purchase the property. In the 1930s a WPA survey was performed on the property, and since that time numerous restoration attempts have failed. However since 2012 archeologists and historians have been investigating the site to decide where the boundaries are of the adobe since part of the land has been sold for a company to build condominiums. In 2013 squatters broke into the chain link fencing around the structure, breaking boards from the ceiling and creating camps in the trees surrounding the structure. Due to the surveys and notes given by the archeologists, it has been determined that the structure was a U-shape, however there are only three small remains of rooms of the structure let underneath the overhang that has been constructed to house the structure. There has been a specific amount of money allotted to keep the remaining portion of the structure from being destroyed, however, the funds are not being used to reconstruct any portion of the destroyed portion of the building. The structure and site needs to be added to the National Historic Registry not only be...
Humans are responsible for almost all of the invasive plant and animal problems. Many of our problem invasives were (and often still are) planted as landscape plants in New Jersey. These include: Norway Maple, Japanese Barberry, Asian Bittersweet, English Ivy, Mimosa, Wisteria, Japanese Honeysuckle, Bugleweed, Bamboo, Day Lily, Purple Loosestrife, Tansy, and Dame's
As a conclusion, Mingei and nationalism can be perceived as fundamentally interwoven through Japanese handicrafts. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, many factors came to play a part in bringing the Japanese spirit to the forefront of craftsmen minds, whether as reason to bring attention to themselves and their own work or as a way of providing necessary utensils to the average Japanese home. The efforts of the Mingei movement and the Japanese Traditional Crafts Exhibition cannot be ignored. Yanagi can be said to have foreseen this radical decline in traditional styles and if not for his and his fellow founders collecting and preserving crafts in the Japanese Folk Art Museum, many of the regional methods and styles could be lost today. After the destruction of the war and
Goldenrod is common name for certain related plants of the composite family. The Canada goldenrod is really “Solidago canadensis”. They are typical autumn flowers of the United States that grow in a great variety of habitats: woods, meadows, hills, and rocky ground. For many years goldenrod was considered a major cause of hay fever, but experiments with goldenrod pollen have indicated that it is virtually harmless. It is so heavy that certain types of bugs actually have to lift it out. It is the state flower of Kentucky and Nebraska.
United States. Invasive Species: Plant Invaders. Vallejo, Calif: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, 2012.
Once upon a time, I was ridiculed. The king, curse him, was talking about me and questioning my skills. And it wasn’t just me, he also abused the other 12 wise women. He’d make us do terrible things, like cleaning the whole castle, in one day without magic! Well, I had had enough. And of course, the king’s daughter, Little Briar Rose, was also questioning my power and abusing is 13 wise woman. They lived in a castle, with everything they could wish for, while us wise women survived with only our magic to help us. All the other 12 wise woman had forgiven the king and Briar Rose, but not me. Well, my time for revenge would come, and it would be terrible.
Japanese garden has a very appealing aesthetic importance due to continuous change in various seasons. These gardens always maintain the stillness of air and peace, even though they are changing externally in every season.
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is one of the largest public parks of Japan. It is the ideal location for tourists who want to spend some time relaxing or enjoying a picnic in nature's lap away from the city’s hustle and bustle. The best time to visit Shinjuku Gyoen is during the spring, as the cherry trees are in full blossom during this season. There are three different gardens within this park—a Japanese landscape garden, a French garden, and an English landscape garden. There is also a greenhouse in the Shinjuku Gyoen park, which has many tropical and sub-tropical flowers.
Bamboo is a widely used and it is an important material that is found typically anywhere in the world. It is generally found in rural areas as building materials in small tropical countries, this is due to bamboo having a high strength and low weight. Even though bamboo is referred to as a rural material, Architects and Engineers have begun to incorporating bamboo into buildings for strength and beauty. Bamboo is a versatile, renewable and sustainable resource in South Africa. It is easy to use bamboo in buildings, as simple tools can be used bend and cut it easily. Bamboo construction is also very resilient to wind, easy to build with and is even resistant to some natural disasters like earthquakes (if done and used properly). Bamboo is also used in landscape industry, interiors and as a temporary building material in construction.
Nowadays people cultivate this plant mainly in South East Asia and South East India. Although they grow this plant in Caribbean Islands, South America, California, Florida, Hawaii and Puerto Ricco, the output is very minimal.