Arum italicum
Peter Taggart (Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:29:14 PDT)
Digging it up needs to be done very carefully or you spread it. The tubers
(these Arums do not have corms) have small off setts and break up much like
Ranunculus ficaria. The tubers can be very deep!
To remove; I usually leave them well alone until I am using glyphosate,
when I spray the leaves.
On 23 April 2014 03:31, Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net> wrote:
Hi K,
It is invasive here in the SF Bay Area of California with a little summer
water.
If you can completely starve them with no water, that will be the end of
them.
If that is not possible, then I suggest digging.
Cheers,
Bracey
San Jose CA
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Subject: [pbs] Arum italicum
Working on a wetland mitigation site last week, I found three patches and
two seedlings of Arum italicum. My question to the PBS members in temperate
climates is this: How invasive is this species? It's listed as invasive in
the state of Oregon, which is 25 miles to the south, and it's in a natural
area that is supposed to be left alone. I suspect it needs to come out,
though that may be difficult, given the likelihood of deeply rooted corms.