The presentation you see below was created by Monika Chandler at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Oriental bittersweet is a serious invasive threat in much of the eastern United States. This presentation is designed to aid in the identification and management of new oriental bittersweet outbreaks in Minnesota.
More on oriental bittersweet in Minnesota from MDA and DNR.
The presentation can be downloaded, complete with slide notes, from the MyMinnesotaWoods Slideshare account. The author invites you to use it for any educational purpose.
If you have questions about the presentation, please contact Monika Chandler, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, 651-201-6537, Monika.Chandler@state.mn.us .
Noel Pavlovic and colleagues at the USGS Lake Michigan Field Station at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshrore, have published several papers based on their research on the Celastrus species and hybrids in Indiana. You should contact him for more information. Noel_Pavlovic@usgs.gov
Joy Marburger
Research Coordinator
Great Lakes Research and Education Center
Porter, IN 46304
219-395-1544
Here is the web address for the “largest bittersweet farm in the world”
~ 30 mi from the Mississippi flyway and 3 or 4 hrs from Twin Cities.
http://www.starvalleyflowers.com/index.html
Thanks for your research and the presentation.