A few months ago I got three jobs (this is the first) surveying lots in Shelby for construction. I observed plants on the subject lot, the lot to the west (which has a recently built house), the lot to the south (outside the circle), and across the street where I had to set a traverse point. I observed the following (not in temporal order):
Across the street: something in the madder family.
Tie iron to the west: unidentified tree.
Northwest lot corner: Galium sp., some sort of bean flower, and a Tradescantia I was waiting for to bloom.
Near the fence near the east lot line: a Tradescantia already in bloom to the north, and a privet to the south.
Building pad corners: NW clover, SW plantain, SE tall grass, NE nothing worth observing.
Shortly after I posted the ob, the privet was identified as Chinese. After all these obs, the land was cleared, and I went back, met the gal who got me the job, and set nails for the house corners. Less than a day ago, the privet was again identified as Chinese, and I commented that it was removed for construction, along with all the other plants I had observed on the lot (but not the madder-thing across the street — expecting the traverse points on the lot to be destroyed, I set the nail, and used it when setting nails). The IDer then added “Control method - invasive plants” set to “manual”. Does this really apply? I’m fairly sure that the grader had no idea the privet was Chinese and the clover was not from around here either; he removed whatever was in the way of construction.