Talk:Skaneateles Conservation Area/Invasive species

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Beale's Oregon grape/leatherleaf mahonia
In the New York State Invasive Species Tiers table, Mahonia bealei and Berberis bealei are synonyms but both listed with different ranks and tiers.

— 06 September 2021

Black Swallowwort
The New York State Invasive Species Tiers table for Black Swallowwort lists the Scientific Name as Vincetoxicum louiseae, which does not appear to be a published name. It should probably be either Vincetoxicum nigrum or Cynanchum louiseae. The New York Flora Atlas currently uses Vincetoxicum nigrum and GBIF agrees. ― 01 November 2021

Chinese fountain/millet grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides and Cenchrus purpurascens appear to be synonyms but are both shown in the New York State Invasive Species Tiers table as:

However the currently accepted species name for both of these appears to be Cenchrus alopecuroides (L.) Thunb., though the New York Flora Atlas still has it as Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. — 12 November 2021

Japanese Black Pine
Japanese Black Pine, Pinus thunbergiana accepted name by current sources is Pinus thunbergii — 12 November 2021

Leafy Spurge
According to the Euphorbia virgata page in the New York Flora Atlas: "Specimens that came in as E. esula are placed here since E. esula is currently not known from New York and in New York the name was misapplied to E. virgata."

The New York State Invasive Species Tiers table appears to be incompletely or inconsistently adjusted to reflect the change:

— 13 November 2021

Cogon grass/cogongrass
This one is surprising. The scientific names (Imperata cylindrica) are identical. Only the common names are slightly different.

— 13 November 2021

Rusty Willow
Salix atrocinerea at https://imapinvasives.natureserve.org/imap/services/page/StateSpeciesList/1267.html shows Legally Regulated = No, even though Legal Status correctly indicates Prohibited. — 14 November 2021

Beach Pea
Curious about the inclusion of Lathyrus japonicus in the New York State Invasive Species Tiers list. New York Flora Atlas lists [https://newyork.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=1493 Lathyrus japonicus Willd. var. maritimus] as native (S4), and sources in general treat the species as circumborial. — 16 November 2021