Members of AYLUS Syosset participated in another invasive plant removal project with the members of AYLUS Dickshill and the Stewarship Saturday Program at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. Members learned about the dangers of invasive species like Japanese knotweed, better known as a relative of bamboo, grape vines and honeysuckle vines. Removing of invasive vines is important for a number a reasons. Invasive vines causes the trees it affects to become choked, pulling its branches downward, causing the tree to be more susceptible to fall, break or become infected with insects and fungi. Japanese knotweed is a problem as it replaces the native species and takes over. Having a loss in biodiversity is damaging to our ecosystems as the other insects, birds and other flora and fauna all depend on each other. Syosset AYLUS managed to remove countless small and large vines that wrapped around small trees and large trees. Though it was hard at times to reach and pull some of the grape vines, members did the most that they could.
Members that participated include:
Jessica Albrecht (3 h), Alyssa Huang (3.5 h)
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