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2. Volunteer for Fairfax Tree Rescuers PRISM
PRISM stands for Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management. In Fairfax, this is a community-wide effort to save our trees and natural spaces from onslaught of invasive plants. In Clifton, we hope to have a representative in every neighborhood to relay information to their neighbors about the problem and resources to address it. To learn more, www.fairfaxprism.org.
Oriental Bittersweet - Invasive
Chapel Road Park. Cut at the base and again at shoulder height.
English ivy - Invasive!
Cut out a six inch window.
Mile-a-Minute (Devil's Tear Thumb) - Invasive!
An annual - pull it up before it goes to seed.
Oriental Bittersweet - Invasive
Chapel Road Park. Cut at the base and again at shoulder height.
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3. Help control invasive vines in public spaces
Our park services need volunteers to help. Find out how to get training and permission here.
INVASIVE VINES ARE TREE KILLERS
Three ways to help
1. At home
It is easy to save the tree, but be careful - DO NOT clip the native vines by accident! They rarely harm trees and their berries are essential to songbirds. Find out how to tell the difference here and download instructions for clipping them here.
Summer Grape - Native!
Greenbrier - native!
Don't confuse me with Multiflora Rose
Trumpet Creeper - native!
Don't confuse me with Asian Wisteria
Summer Grape - Native!
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NATIVE VINES - DON'T KILL THESE!
Tree Rescuers
Please join your neighbors as we free the native trees from invasive non-native vines. Greater Clifton has thousands of trees at risk. Losing trees is not only terrible for the ecosystem, it is expensive and potentially hazardous to homeowners.
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