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Invasive Plant Removal
Invasive Plants: Aggressive plants that crowd out native plants for water, sunlight and nutrients and harm the environment, economy and human health.
One of our programs is to educate the community through practical removal of invasive plant species that threaten to over-take our native plants.
We routinely schedule invasive removal days, where we teach our volunteers how to identify, remove and manage these species from returning to an area.
We use loppers, axes, machetes, shovels and sweat to remove these plants. Land restoration / preservation is hard work but everyone has fun in the process.
If you would like to volunteer or find out more on this program click here.
Common Invasive plant species in our area
Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
Kudzu (Pueraria montana)
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
Princess Tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
Nonnative invasive plants of southern forests: a field guide for identification and control
Download a copy of this field guide here for free.
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| Miller,James H.2003. Nonnative invasive plants of southern forests: a field guide for identification and control. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-62. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 93p.
Invasions of nonnative plants into forests of the Southern United States continue to go unchecked and unmonitored. Invasive nonnative plants infest under and beside forest canopies and dominate small forest openings, increasingly eroding forest productivity, hindering forest use and management activities, and degrading diversity and wildlife habitat. Often called nonnative, exotic, nonindigenous, alien, or noxious weeds, they occur as trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, ferns, and forbs. This book provides information on accurate identification and effective control of the 33 nonnative plants and groups that are currently invading the forests of the 13 Southern States, showing both growing and dormant season traits. It lists other nonnative plants of growing concern, control strategies, and selective herbicide application procedures. Recommendations for preventing and managing invasions on a specific site include maintaining forest vigor with minimal disturbance, constant surveillance and treatment of new unwanted arrivals, and finally rehabilitation following eradication. Keywords: Alien plants, exotic plant control, exotic weeds, herbicide weed control, integrated vegetation management, invasive exotic plants, invasive nonindigenous plants, noxious plant control.
Southern Research Station Publications
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