At the May 4 workday volunteers continued removing Italian Thistles from the west side of the lake berm and the area surrounding the “toad pond mound”. This was our last Italian Thistle removal for the season. We’ve treated the most the major infested areas, and it’s time to turn our attention to Maltese Star Thistles, which are starting to bloom.
For this workday students from Citrus and Mt. San Antonio Colleges joined Claremont College students and community members to enable us to clear a large area of thistles. Here are some photos of the volunteers at work…
Roberto Garcia (Citrus) and G. Kyette Bryant (Mt. SAC). ©Nancy Hamlett.
Alicia Jackson (Citrus), LaKota Moon (Citrus), Thendral Govindaraj (HMC ’16), and Dave Willbers (Citrus). ©Nancy Hamlett.
Now, that’s a thistle! TJ shows off a large Italian Thistle with Gabe, Jaylen, and G. Kyette Bryant (Mt. SAC). ©Nancy Hamlett.
…and some of the areas they cleared:
Before: lots of thistles on the east side of the “toad pond mound”. ©Nancy Hamlett.
After: No thistles. ©Nancy Hamlett.
Before: A large thistle northeast of the “toad pond mound”. ©Nancy Hamlett.
After: No thistles. ©Nancy Hamlett.
Before: thistles east of the “toad pond mound”. ©Nancy Hamlett.
After: no thistles. ©Nancy Hamlett.