Brownsey, Kaiser and DiTomaso (2013)  provide a good overview of invasion risk, impacts and management of stinkwort in California. Here's the link: https://wric.ucdavis.edu/PDFs/CalAg6702p110-2013.pdf

In it's native Mediterranean range, stinkwort inhabits regularly disturbed riparian, marsh, and ruderal habitats such as floodplains, sandbars, marsh transition zones, vernal pools, and alluvial plains. I expect that these types of high-disturbance, low competition habitats are the most at risk from stinkwort invasion in California. Initial results reported in this paper indicate that stinkwort has relatively slow-growing, shallow root systems, which may limit it's competitiveness in rangelands. This is consistent with my observations of dense infestations along road shoulders that have not significantly spread into adjacent annual grasslands. However, in riparian or marsh systems with more water availability, stinkwort may not be as limited by belowground competition for moisture, and could invade open wetlands and riparian zones. This sounds like what you've observed at Annadel. I'm not surprised stinkwort spread into burned areas, because it is well adapted to disperse into disturbed areas. I expect it will eventually get shaded out where there is forest regrowth, but will probably persist in pockets. Important to time treatments before seed set.

Thanks, 

Eric

Eric Wrubel

Botanist

National Park Service

San Francisco Bay Area Network

Inventory and Monitoring Program

415-289-1849

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 2:55 PM, Simpson, Bobbi <bobbi_simpson@nps.gov> wrote:

This might be of interest to you... 

https://shastacnps.org/images/recordsearchlight/Stinkwort_Jennifer_Gibson_12-3-16_as_published_LB.pdf

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National Park Service

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