Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Pythons, Pythons, and more Pythons
With Miami's Nonnative Amnesty Day this weekend (March 21, 2009), pythons are all over the news:
More information about Nonnative Amnesty Day:
http://myfwc.com/WILDLIFEHABITATS/Nonnative_AmnestyDayEvents.htm
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=134132&provider=rss
Recent features on Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/video-search/m/21971200/snakes_alive.htm#q=python
http://www.foxnews.com/video-search/m/21966918/slithering_swamps.htm#q=python
On Sun-Sentinel website
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbpythons0306sbmar06,0,7773882.story
On Planet Green:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ElK6MThuc
On NBC News:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#29030728
More Images and Information:
http://www.evergladescisma.org/species/subinfo.cfm?sub=20461
Friday, March 6, 2009
Looking for Images of Trees
We are looking for some good images of some alternative trees for some of the non-native invasive options that are out there. If you have some that you would like to share, please let us see them. You can forward them to us using the upload form at http://images.bugwood.org. Here are the tree species we are looking for:
- Acer buergerianum (Trident Maple)
- Acer japonicum (Full Moon Maple)
- Acer truncatum (Shantung Maple)
- Chionanthus retusus (Chinese Fringetree)
- Lagerstroemia indica x L. fauriei (Hybrid Crapemyrtle)
- Parrotia persica (Persian Ironwood)
- Prunus x 'Okame' (Okame Cherry)
- Prunus salicina (Ruby Sweet Plum)
- Stewartia monadelpha (Tall Stewartia)
- Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese Stewartia)
- Styrax japonicus (Japanese Snowbell)
- Acer leucoderme (Chalkbark Maple)
- Crataegus viridis (Winter King Hawthorn)
- Halesia diptera (Two-winged Silverbell)
- Halesia tetraptera (Mountain Silverbell)
- Magnolia macrophylla (Big Leaf Magnolia)
Wanted: shrub images
We are seeking images of shrubs that can be used (or suggested) to replace invasive species. You can forward them to us using the upload form at http://images.bugwood.org Please let us know if you have photos of any of the following species:
- Buxus microphylla (Japanese Boxwood cultivars)
- Callicarpa dichotoma (Purple Beautyberry)
- Cephalotaxus harringtonia (Creeping Plum Yew cultivars)
- Chamaecyparis pisifera (Japanese Falsecypress)
- Illicium henryi (Henry Anise Tree)
- Lagerstroemia indica (Crapemyrtle; dwarf and semi-dwarf forms)
- Loropetalum chinensis (Loropetalum white and red cultivars)
- Osmanthus x fortunei (Fortune's Osmanthus)
- Osmanthus heterophyllus (Holly Osmanthus)
- Prunus laurocerasus (English Laurel cultivars)
- Raphiolepis indica (Indian Hawthorne cultivars)
- Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Cleyera)
- Viburnum odoratissimum var. awabuki (Awabuki Viburnum)
- Viburnum utile (Service Viburnum)
- Viburnum macrocephalum (Chinese Snowball Viburnum)
- Viburnum setigerum (Tea Viburnum)
- Eubotrys racemosa (Sweetbells Leucothoe)
- Hypericum densiflorum (Bushy St. Johns-wort)
- Hypericum frondosum (Golden St. Johns-wort)
- Illicium parviflorum (Small Anise-tree)
- Pinckneya bracteata (Feverbark)
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