PPT-Managing Invasive Plants

Rem 151 fall semester 2017 Why Care The spread of noxious weeds Signal ecological decline of entire watersheds Reduce beauty and biodiversity of natural areas Cause widespread economic losses in agriculture and recreation. University of Washington Botanic Gardens. reichard@uw.edu. How Did We Get Here: A Very Brief Introduction to Invasive Ornamental Plants. Outline . The Dilemma. Codes of Conduct to facilitate discussion . By: Elizabeth S. Butler. Pd. 3. What is an Endangered Species?. An Endangered Species is a species of animal that is on the brink of extinction. The . endangered . animal is usually close to extinction because of . Turning an overlooked habitat into an educational resource.. Karen Vaughn. Proposed Project Site. C-1 Parking. Hendrix Center. Lehotsky. Poole. Lightsey. Bridge Apartments. Objectives. Establish . an Arboretum that contains at least . What is a native plant?. Plants native to Florida are plants that were here before the arrival of the Europeans. Plants native to this area of Florida have evolved mechanisms over the centuries that enable them to handle our climate. . Identification and Management . Sasha Shaw. King County Noxious Weed Control Program. www.kingcounty.gov/weeds. . Courtesy of Sasha Shaw, King County Noxious Weed Control Program. Agenda. Brief review of definitions, lists and impacts. Northwest Michigan. Habitat Matters. Nature’s Vast, Unseen World. Double-toothed prominent (. Nerice. . bidentata. ) on an elm leaf. . Carol Groves. Pandorus. sphinx moth . (. Eumorpha. . pandorus. Exotic. —organisms that have been introduced by human activity into an ecosystem where they are not native.. Invasive species. —exotic that spreads naturally into natural or semi-natural habitat, causing a major change in the habitat and how it functions. There are great numbers of Bonsai plants species are available on earth. You can see different sizes of tropical and sub-tropical species. Each one of them requires the diverse environment to survive and other requirements of those healthy growths. Some popular species are discussed below Plants native to Florida are plants that were here before the arrival of the Europeans. Plants native to this area of Florida have evolved mechanisms over the centuries that enable them to handle our climate. . FLORIDA PLANTS What is a native plant? Plants native to Florida are plants that were here before the arrival of the Europeans Plants native to this area of Florida have evolved mechanisms over the centuries that enable them to handle our climate. Invasions in the Water: DNA Barcodes of Invasive Species from Lower Yaphank Lake and Others Alex Corozza 1 , Alfredo Delcastillo 1 , Preeti Ramesh Kumar 1 Connetquot Highschool 1 Invasive plants and native plant extinctions : Paul Downey a framework for management BioScience 48: 607-615 (1998) New Zealand Journal of Ecology 12: 1-16 (1997) PLoS Biology 12 e1001850 (2014) of increasing . concern. Antonio DiTommaso. Department of Crop . and . Soil Sciences. Cornell . University . (ad97@cornell.edu). Why . Worry?. Invasive plants estimated to cost the U.S. economy $40 billion/year; $26.4 billion due to cropland weeds. Help! . Our local wildlife is under threat from Alien invaders!. We need you to become Alien Detectives…... Could you learn about alien species, what they are, where they come from and what they are doing here?.