Sandra Hoffberg’s Wisteria Project | Nature Ramblers: Seeking What We Find

Dear Ramblers,

As part of my dissertation, I am starting a volunteer-based
project that will survey the persistence of invasive wisteria in the
southeastern US. No one knows how long
perennial invasive wisteria vines can remain in the same place or at what rate
they go extinct (naturally or with human intervention). To figure this out, I have checked herbaria
records for very specific spots in GA, SC, and NC, at which wisteria was
collected 60 to 10 years ago. These
sites need to be revisited to see if wisteria is still there.

I would appreciate help checking for wisteria at these
sites, and anyone (not just trained botanists) can volunteer. Here’s how:

1.
Check my website for a description of where the
site is: http://hoffberg.us/wisteria

2.
Visit the location. If wisteria is not
immediately apparent, spend 10 to 15 minutes looking within 200m of the
described site.

3.
Take a picture of wisteria if you find it.

4.
Upload the picture to the website with a
description of where you found it.

The text description of the site can be found if you click
on the red balloon on the map on my website.
I have also attached a spreadsheet of the sites, in case this is easier
to read. [Note: Sandra’s spreadsheet table
follows this letter.] I will update the website after sites have been
visited, so check often. I would prefer
you to use the contact form through the website to contact me, but I can also
be reached at Sandra.hoffberg@gmail.com
if you have any questions or comments. Thank
you in advance for your important contribution to my research!

Sandra

Site No.	Year	State	County	City	Location
1	1970	AL	Lee	Auburn	Behind Harwell’s men’s shop on E. Thatch Street
2	1996	FL	Alachua	Gainesville	off Millhopper Road, just south and east of juction with NW 71 St. along roadside
5	1975	GA	Bulloch		Along creek behind Alumni House on GSC campus
6	1975	GA	Muscogee	Fort Benning Military Reservation	N side of Steam Mill Road, about one-third mi E of Moye Road and Wildcat Road.
7	1977	GA	Elbert		E of Bowman. Dirt road 115 off GA hwy 17.
8	1978	GA	Morgan		Near main highway, along dirt road that parallels golf course. Flora of Hard Labor Creek State Park, 2mi N of Rutledge
10	1987	GA	Monroe		A mile and a half off I-75 at exit 65, on High Falls State Park. On bank below group shelter along High Falls Road
11	1988	GA	Butts		SE of Jackson, off GA Hwy. 42. Indian Springs State Park. Woody vine climbing high into oak trees near assistant superintendent’s residence.
12	1989	GA	Early		Along GA hwy 62 at Rock Hill Community. About 3/4 mi E of Chancey Mill Road.
13	1995	GA	DeKalb		Stone Mountain Park; roadside, west side of Robert E. Lee Boulevard, due east of Stone Mountain, between road and railroad tracks at entrance to service road
14	1999	GA	Sumter	Americus	Americus: SU-120h (Americus Quad., soil map 36) Locally common showy high climbing vine in secondary woods along Lamar Rd., 0.4m E of jct. District Rd., ca. 4.8 mi ESE of downtown.
15	2000	GA	Fulton	Alpharetta	on fence beside the driveway of 1270 Birmingham Rd.
16	2003	GA	Glynn		Fort Frederica National Monument. Growing in hedgerow near visitor parking
17	2003	GA	Morgan	Madison	on corner of 2nd St. and Washington St. Woody vine growing over Redbud tree
18	2003	GA	Morgan	Madison	growing along the forested area along Old Dixie and Surgrave Rd.
22	1970	NC	Orange		Waste area, east side of Manning Drive, .1 mile north of intersection with US 15-501
42	1995	SC	Fairfield		Between SC 215 and Monticello Reservoir, 0.8 mi N of SC 213. At fishing pier. Ca. 12 mi WSW of Winnsboro.
45	1964	SC	Richland	Columbia	Yard. 6520 Buckfield Dr.
46	1984	SC	Kershaw		Southeast of Elgin, 2.5 miles northwest of I-20 on east side of Sec Hwy 47; Growing at abandoned homesite at northwest end of White Pond;
47	1995	SC	Lancaster		2.7 km south of downtown Taxahaw; Ground and climbing into adjacent trees; Old homesite near parking area on north side of Flat Creek Heritage Preserve;
48	1995	SC	Aiken		Bishop Gravatt Center; On the ground and in the trees at the High Ropes Course;
49	1995	SC	Aiken		Along Fox Creek downstream of SC 230; Just north of I-20. 4 miles north of North Augusta; Common vine along road embankment.
50	1958	SC	Lexington		Front of 104 Hendrix Street; Persisting around home-sites;
51	1995	SC	Bamberg		At Rivers Bridge State Park off of S-31 about 5 miles southwest of Ehrhardt; Beside cemetery;
54	2003	SC	Calhoun		30 m from overpass, E side of Hwy 6, intersection with railroad tracks, Main St, downtown St Matthews Embankment of railroad tracks
58	1958	SC	Richland	Columbia	810 Henderson Street; House; Grows as vine around homes, trees;
60	1967	SC	Richland	Columbia	15 miles out of Bluff Road; Duffies pond;
61	2003	SC	Richland		Approx. 500 m southeast from intersection of Kilbourne and Devine Streets; Twining on fence;
66	1984	SC	Saluda		Junction of SC 391 and S-500; Rare along rocky, sandy, disturbed roadside;
68	2000	SC	Sumter		Corner of Hampton and Church Streets; Sumter; Growing in sunny soil;
71	2002	SC	Georgetown		Huntington Beach State Park, path leading to Hwy 17, across from Brookgreen Gardens and Atalaya Pathway; along sides and throughout
79	1981	NC	Wake		Pine-hardwoods near W end of upper lake.