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  • From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Larry Santoyo's Plant List
  • Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:45:50 -0600

I would replace those two with Goumi (Eleagnus multiflora), which has an edible fruit good for jams, jellies, wines & wildlife & at least around here does not appear to be suckering. The other plant from Elaeagnceae which is very good, multiple uses, & produces a fruit with some of the highest amount of vitamin C in the northern hemisphere is Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) which also is not suckering for me tho some folks in looser soil have claimed it does.

Autumn Olive is out of control in old pastures around here & prairie groups spend a lot of hours grubbing them out.

~mIEKAL




On Nov 15, 2005, at 12:33 PM, Michael Burns wrote:

Thanks also for the list. I posted it to the local "finger lakes permaculture"
listserv and got the following replies. I don't know enough about the plants
mentioned, or the issues surrounding invasives to comment. Maybe other could?

"I consider Russian and Autumn Olive to be invasive.
I believe one or both are on the invasive plants list of NYIPC.
They also are very strong allelopaths, which could
affect native plants. I hope you'll take it off your list.
Thanks, Barbara"

"Though I have much yet to learn about permaculture, I do know something about
plants, and in particular, non-native invasive plants...several of the species
on this list are non-native and some are considered invasive...if you are
concerned at all about the integrity of natural, native systems, please avoid
planting Elaeagnus angustifolia and E. umbellata, and crownvetch (Coronilla
varia)...

Interested in learning more about plant nativity and invasiveness? A good
place to start is http://plants.usda.gov/.

--Anna Stalter"

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