Plant Rescue - Wakefield Run

I received an email today about a plant rescue in Annandale on July 20. I am pasting the information here if you are at all interested in acquiring some native species for your green space.

Please follow the information below if you would like to attend.

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Hi Everyone,

Friends of Accotink Creek are looking for volunteers to take plants rescued from Wakefield Run. These plants are all native and would be a good addition to all of your IMA sites! Please let me know if you have any questions about what plants would be best at your particular sites. Please RSVP to Friends of Accotink Creek if you would like to attend (see link in email below).

Best,

Erin Stockschlaeder

Natural Resource Specialist

Invasive Management Area Coordinator

Early Detection and Rapid Response Coordinator

Natural Resource Management and Protection Fairfax County Park Authority

Erin.Stockschlaeder@fairfaxcounty.gov

Office:(703) 324-8681

Fax: (703) 324-3996

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/resources/IMA/

Native Plant Rescue

Give these native plants a new home or they will be destroyed

WHEN: Saturday July 20 8:00-11:00 AM;

WHERE: Wakefield Park at Braddock Road and 495

DETAILS: Friends of Accotink Creek has received permission to lead native plant rescues at Wakefield Run, prior to the start of construction for the Wakefield Run Stream Restoration project on July 24. This is an important opportunity to rescue plants from the impact corridor. Rescued plants are available for personal use, or can be contributed to Friends of Accotink and partners for environmental restoration at Wakefield Run and other areas. Some of the over 25 native plants species (excluding trees) that have been collected are Viburnum (Arrowwood, Blackhaw), ferns (Christmas, New York, Sensitive), Golden Alexander, Goldenrod, Hazelnut, Jack in the Pulpit, Mayapple, Spicebush, Strawberry bush, White Wood aster etc.

- Rescue participants should

-Wear appropriate clothes for working in nature, eg sturdy shoes, garden gloves, long pants and sleeves.

-Bring tools if possible, e.g. shovels and trowels.

-Bring planting pots if possible

-Use tick and poison ivy precautions.

CONTACT: Please contact Friends of Accotink Creek for more details on plant list, instructions, directions, etc. or for project information.

Arrowwoodviburnum*

Bedstraw

Blackhawviburnum*

Bloodroot*

Blue Wood sedge

Christmas fern*

Cinnamon fern*

Deer Tongue grass

Dogwood*

Enchanter’snightshade

FalseSolomon's Seal*

GoldenAlexander

GoldenRagwort*

Goldenrod

Hazelnut

Hog peanut*

Jack in the Pulpit*

Mayapple*

New York fern*

Partridge berry*

Sensitive fern*

Spicebush*

Strawberry bush*

Swamp cabbage*

Tree seedlings*

Virginia creeper*

Whiteavens

White Wood aster

Wide sedge

Wild geranium

WildYam*