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  • DECEMBER2020PLANTOFTHEMONTHMoneywort,Lysimachianummularia

    Moneywortorcreepingjennyisafast-growinggroundcoverinthePrimrosefamily.WhileitisnativetoEuropeandtemperateAsia,itisconsideredinvasiveinseveralUSstates.SeveralcultivarsofthisevergreenperennialarecommonlyavailableinnurseriesandbigboxstoreshereinOhioasapottingorlandscapingaccent.Theplanthasoppositeyellowishgreentodarkgreenleavesandsmall,yellowflowersthatbloomthroughoutthesummer.Itisalow-growingherbthatisoftennomorethan2-3”tall.Theplantconsistsoflong,trailingvinesrunningacrossthesurfaceofthegroundthatbranchfrequentlyandcommonlyformrootsatthenodes.Itgrowsinfullsuntofullshade,butprefersshadedareaswithmoisttowetsoils,makingitacommoninvaderofOhio’swetlandhabitats.ThisspeciesisanoldEuropeangardenplantwithmanycommonnames.Linnaeusassignedtheepitaph"nummularia",whichtranslatesfromLatinas"resemblingacoin,"areferencetotheplantsconsistentlyroundleaves.InEngland,theplantisreferredtoas"Twopence",howevermoneywortseemedabetterchoiceonthissideoftheAtlantic.HereintheUS,CreepingJennyseemstobethemostcommonlyusednameinthenurserytrade.WhilewearenotsurewhyitiscalledCreepingJenny,itturnsoutthatthislittleherbwasfirstgrownasanherbalremedyinEurope.AccordingtoGerrard’sHerbaloftheearly17thcentury,"Theherbeboiledinwinewithalittlehonie,ormeade,prevailethmuchagainstthecoughinchildren,calledchinnecough."The"chinnecough"towhichherefersiswhatweknowaswhoopingcough.Itwouldn’tbemuchofastretchtoimagine"creepingchenny"changingto"creepingJenny"astheoldwordforthediseasefellintodisuse.WhilemoneyworthasnotyetbeenevaluatedbytheOIPCAssessmentTeam,itisonthelistfortheupcomingroundofassessmentsin2021.ThisspeciesisnowcommonthroughoutOhioandhasspreadfarbeyondlandscapedareaswhereitwasplantedasagroundcover.Weoftenseeitinvadingwethabitatsbysolidlycoveringtheground,eliminatingspacefornativespecies.Theplantishighlyadaptable,occurringnotonlyinlowqualitywetlandhabitatssuchasroadsideditches,butappearingasaprimarycomponentofremote,highqualityhabitatssuchaswetmeadows,swamps,floodplainforests,streambanks,bogs,andotherwethabitats.Theplantisdifficulttocontrolasitcanreproducevegetativelyfromverysmallpiecesofstemthatareeasilybrokenfromthemainplant.Flowersproduceonlyafewsmallseeds,butthesheervolumeofseedsproducedcanoverwhelmeffortstocontrolitsspread.Clearly,effectivedispersalvectorsexistthatintroducethisspeciestofar-reachinghabitatsthroughoutOhioandtheeasternUS.Wehopetoevaluatethisplantinthecomingseasontoprovideinformativecontrolmethodologiesandlegislativeguidancetorestrictthespreadofthisinvader.WrittenbyGaryConleyandJenniferWindus,OIPCBoard

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  • Photocourtesyof:LeslieJ.Mehrhoff

    Photocourtesyof:ThayneTuason


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