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Mile-A-Minute Vine Spreading Rapidly in Connecticut
an article from
The Habitat—Winter 09 issue
A newsletters of the Connecticut Association of Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions

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A new weed is coming your way....
We hope you never see it.

You may already have heard about Asian Mile-a-Minute Vine, (MAM), which was accidentally introduced into Pennsylvania, and is rapidly moving north, smothering fields, meadows, and woodland edges. An annual that can grow six inches a day, it blankets everything, blocking other plants’ light. Only tall trees may survive.

The invasion front is south of us, but three populations have been found in Litchfield County. The only way to stop this serious threat to New England's agriculture and environment is to prevent the spread of seeds....

how you can help

Start by educating yourself. View and printout information on Mile-A-Minute from this web site. Get to know how to identify this invasive plant by its triangular leaves and tiny barbs on weak stems clambering over trees and shrubs.

Check your own backyard. When you are gardening, walking, hiking, visiting — be aware and look for signs of invastive plants.

Rely on experts. If you suspect Mile-A-Minute Vine, REPORT ALL SIGHTINGS to knelson151@sbcglobal.net or donna.ellis@uconn.edu or The Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group at 860-486-6448....

2007 year-end summary report

Prepared by Kathleen Nelson, 3/6/08

Mad, Gardeners, Inc., a non- profit organization, organized and administered an Early Detection/Rapid Response program for Mile-a-Minute Vine in Litchfield and Upper Fairfield Counties, CT, in 2007.

In 2007 the program:

• Arranged with the Housatonic Valley Association and the Northwest Conservation District to be the official employers of interns and an intern supervisor. Paid interns worked the equivalent of about 32 weeks during the season.
• Raised over $34,000, including $10,000 from the Connecticut Community Foundation, $5,000 from Mad Gardeners, Inc., $2,500 from the Meserve Memorial Fund, and $2,000 from the Ellen Knowles Harcourt Foundation.
• Began pulling plants in known infestations in New Milford, Bridgewater & Roxbury on May...

Be on the Lookout for Mile-a Minute Vine!

Mile-a-Minute Vine (Persicaria perfoliata formerly Polygonum perfoliatum), an invasive Asian annual weed accidentally introduced from Asia into Pennsylvania, has been moving steadily northward. Until recently, the northern front of the invasion was southern New York State and southwestern Connecticut. In 2004 and 2005, populations were discovered in New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut. In 2007 two large populations were discovered in Newtown. There is also a very small population in Roxbury. So far, nothing has been reported between New Milford/Newtown and Greenwich/Westport.

Mile-a-Minute Vine (MAM) is a serious threat to agriculture, the economy, and the environment. It smothers fields, shrublands, and forest edges, killing most other vegetation...