Trillium project
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Comments (2)I can find quite a bit of the wild stuff, but certainly couldn't afford to send that much. Chicory, plantain, fireweed, Purslane, wood sorrel, Solomon's seal (false?), some type of gooseberry (wild ones, when I go to Idaho) Jerusalem artichoke, red alder, skunk cabbage--maybe, kinnikinnick, MAYBE serviceberry, wild ginger (certainly not 40 of them, though), possibly Oregon grape, bedstraw, burdock, not sure on monkeyflower, cascara, snowberry, all heal, yarrow, yellow violets, Virginia creeper, maybe nuphar polysepalus, wild strawberries (fragaria virginiana and chiloensis)....See MorePrairie Trillium
Comments (2)There is a federal list of plants, and each state has its own list, too. You need to see if this Trillium is on your state list and could start with locating your state's Natural Heritage program. In NC, they keep a list, but we also have a Plant Conservation Program which keeps an additional list...too many on that list. Anyway, check with those agencies, if they exist in your state, to see what rules and regulations exist to protect plants. Even under federal guidelaines it is my understanding that plants don't have the same protection as animals, birds, etc., as the feeling is that plants can be moved more easily than animals. However, community "uproar" can stop projects.Contact your area native plant grouop and other environmental organizations. We just had Trader Joe's decide not to locate here due to petitions, signs, and angry visitors to the city's meetings on rezoning. Oh, that also means you need to check out your local planning board,. If you cannot stop construction this way, don't forget about rescues. Trilliums move rather easily....See MoreYellow Trillium erectum
Comments (23)I have only been successful with DOT one time, but it was a very rich site, so we were blessed. We did have a developer this spring who, already having cleared the area, decided we could go on the property. We went six times as there were SO many Trillium cuneatums, Sol. seal, bloodroot, and a few mayapples and ferns that had refused to die. Of course, they were in the hot sun, but these plants were still trying! I was negociating with a construction company in Oregon, if you can imagine, that was going to build something in the NC Piedmont. Everything was just fine for several months...then a polite and somewhat contrite withdrawl of permission. What a shame as it was on a creek and along a very boggy, damp area...usually a good place around here. I missed two digs a little earlier as they were about 70 mi. away, and I did not have the time to go on those days. I did, however, get to one in the mountains, and there were many wonderful plants, including the yellow form of Trillium sulcatum. There were a few of the maroon ones, but most were yellow or almost white. Today I was in an area that has mostly T. grandiflorums, but I did not dig as they are not threatened. We only move them if there will be construction. Hopefully, you will find one person who will allow you to dig. We are losing green areas very quickly around here, and I hate for everything native to be lost. Oh, some people still plant privet. Yuck....See MoreRe-establishing natives in Woodland restoration project
Comments (36)My ambitions have scaled back considerably - I now clear much smaller areas at a time - no more than I can easily resow with native grasses and flowers. I allow myself a blast of herbicide to do away with the worst of the nettle and bramble and hand weed until the grass and flowers are growing well enough...and I am still propagating as many plants as I can after the initial shock of proudly clearing the first huge bramble patch (a million tiny brambles appeared almost overnight)...and I have decided to get along rather than fighting all the time. I have a little wheeze at present, using the brambles as 'nurse' plants. They have shallow and not terribly competitive root systems while also making good natural tree guards so I cut back the longest canes, thin some out at the base and plant maiden whips in amongst the blackberries. The little saplings benefit from the support (and although deer pressure is very slight, the bramble also helps with protection against the infrequent water deer incursions)...and bulbs are turning out to be the restorer's friends - over 10,000 bulbs in 3 years are beginning to make little pools of light and colour... I let the celandines have their head, as well as wood anemones. It still feels terribly experimental and contingent...but nonetheless, I have planted the first trees I raised from seed this autumn - little understorey rowans (sorbus)....See Moredandy_line (Z3b N Cent Mn)
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