Encroachment of Oriental Bittersweet into Pitcher's Thistle Habitat

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pitcher's Thistle ◽  
Oriental Bittersweet

Oriental Bittersweet: A Growing Threat to Hardwood Silviculture in the Appalachians

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 174-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Henry McNab ◽  
Marilynn Meeker
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Increasing Risk ◽  
Stem Girdling ◽  
Oriental Bittersweet

Abstract Oriental bittersweet, an introduced, deciduous shrubby vine, has the potential to become a serious pest on many hardwood regeneration sites in the Appalachians. Like wild grapevines, oriental bittersweet damages young hardwood stands by stem girdling, increasing risk of ice damage, and eventually causing death by shading the crown foliage. This vine is unusual in that its seedlings are extremely shade tolerant and on good-quality sites will respond to release with rapid growth. North. J. Appl. For. 4:174-177, Dec. 1987.

Conservation genetics of Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri), an endangered Great Lakes endemic

Botany ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Gauthier ◽  
Emily Crowe ◽  
Lindsey Hawke ◽  
Neil Emery ◽  
Paul Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Nuclear Data ◽  
Population Connectivity ◽  
Chloroplast Microsatellite ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Cirsium Pitcheri ◽  
Pitcher's Thistle

Pitcher's thistle ( Cirsium pitcheri Torr. ex Eaton (Torr. & Gray)) is a Great Lakes endemic that in Canada is designated as threatened at both the provincial (Ontario) and national levels. Management plans will benefit from conservation genetic data, which can provide insight into population genetic diversity and differentiation. We obtained genetic data from nuclear and chloroplast microsatellite markers from 17 populations of C. pitcheri around the Great Lakes. The nuclear data revealed overall low levels of diversity, high levels of inbreeding, and low levels of population connectivity. The chloroplast data identified a single haplotype, which is consistent with reduced genetic diversity following postglacial colonization. The high levels of inbreeding within populations will likely pose a serious threat to populations in the short term; these have resulted from a combination of low connectivity between populations, and small and fluctuating population sizes. Future management of C. pitcheri populations should consider human-mediated dispersal of plants or seeds among sites.

An assessment of oriental bittersweet in northern U.S. forests

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra M. Kurtz ◽  
Mark H. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Oriental Bittersweet

Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus): Spreading by fire

2016 ◽  
Vol 364 ◽  
pp. 183-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noel B. Pavlovic ◽  
Stacey A. Leicht-Young ◽  
Ralph Grundel
Keyword(s):  
Celastrus Orbiculatus ◽  
Oriental Bittersweet
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