http://greenlivingottawa.com/2007/06/24/field-notes-dog-strangling-vine-aka-pale-swallow-wort-cynanchum-rossicum/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:41:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://greenlivingottawa.com/2007/06/24/field-notes-dog-strangling-vine-aka-pale-swallow-wort-cynanchum-rossicum/#comment-1578 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:09:43 +0000 http://greenlivingottawa.com/2007/06/24/field-notes-dog-strangling-vine-aka-pale-swallow-wort-cynanchum-rossicum/#comment-1578 It’s three years since your article on Dog-Strangling Vine. What’s the situation in the Ottawa region now? Here in Toronto, the vine is rampant in certain parks and ravines. Seed production this year is heavy. Heavy winds will create a worst-case scenario by blowing the seeds around. There are now areas in local parks that are no-go zones. Not just native flora but pathways have been obliterated. As far as I can see it may not be too long before there are just two types of local wildlands: areas where the only medium-size perennial that grows is DSV; areas where DSV does not grow, but then neither does anything else. I’m afraid an ecological disaster looms.

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