Invasive vines are smothering trees in the D.C. region. Weed Warrior volunteers are coming to their rescue.
Weed Warrior volunteers hunt for invasive species at Long Branch park in Silver Spring on Sept. 22. , a.k.a. “mile-a-minute” — a nonnative invasive plant with a reddish stem that, left to its own devices, can throttle a tree taller than a building and bring it down, said Corinne Stephens, Montgomery County Parks senior natural resources specialist.
At a workday event on the last day of summer, Barbara Francisco, 74, weeded a patch of earth at the Long Branch community center’s edge with about 20 other volunteers. Francisco, a retired schoolteacher, said her goal is to eliminate garlic mustard, another invasive, from the park — a project she believes will take many years.
Stephens, Weed Warrior coordinator for Montgomery County Parks, helped direct volunteers at the community center toward offensive invasives, explaining the process for rooting out mile-a-minute.
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