Charles:

Rubus discolor is a dominant species in many parts of lowland wWA and has
been for quite awhile, indeed forming its own hedgerows in open, most often
disturbed soils. It also occurs well up into the mts along roadsides and
even invades some relatively undisturbed meadow habitats, as in San Juan
County. Yet for all the native flora it seems to have displaced, and the
pain its thorns cause, I guess it's not all bad. Zonos, Fox and other
sparrows really seem to have adapted to it, and it seems to attract several
other passerine species, including wintering Orange-crowns, too.

Scott Atkinson
Lake Stevens
mail to: scottratkinson at hotmail.com






>From: "Charles Swift" <charless at moscow.com>
>Reply-To: charless at moscow.com
>To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Re: blackberry
>Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:42:57 -0700
>
>I don't know how bad it is here in north-central Idaho (or e. WA) compared
>to western WA. I didn't even really realize it was invasive until recently.
>It is more common at lower elevations here - seems to have some level cold
>intolerance. I guess we will see!
>
>Charles.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "B. A. Wolfe" <gismybabe at yahoo.com>
>To: <charless at moscow.com>; "inland birders" <inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu>;
>"Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 3:03 PM
>Subject: Re: blackberry
>
>
> >
> > Himalayan blackberry becoming quite invasive in some areas: that must be
>the understatement of the year!
> > Brett A. Wolfe gismybabe at yahoo.com Seattle, WA
> > Charles Swift <charless at moscow.com> wrote:Ian Paulsen pointed out to me
>that I was probably talking about Himalayan
> > Blackberry - I knew it was some Old World species! It is actually
>becoming
> > quite invasive in some areas.
> >
> > thanks, Charles.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Charles E. Swift
> > Moscow, ID, USA
> > charless at moscow.com
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> >
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