Nurturing Native Nature

a Gold Award project by Sarah Gaulke

What are they?

INVASIVE SPECIES: non-native species that cause economical or ecological harm

VSNATIVE SPECIES: a species that is indigenous to the

area where it is

Invasive Species – Japanese Stiltgrass

Greg Sykes, www.grsykes.com Greg Sykes, www.grsykes.com

Invasive Species – English Ivy

http://www.bernards.org/Environmental%20Commission/Document/Springtime%20Trees.htm

Invasive Species - Bamboo

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Invasive Species – Mile a Minute/Devil’s Tear Thumb

Greg Sykes, www.grsykes.com

Invasive Species – Garlic Mustard

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Greg Sykes, www.grsykes.com

NATIVE SPECIES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenocissus_quinquefolia

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NATIVE SPECIES

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Native Species – Poison Ivy

http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy-identification.html

Why is this important?

Competition for Resources

Impact on the Food Chain

Changing Ecosystem

Decrease in Biodiversity

How you can help? Volunteer at an IMA (Invasive Management Area)

event Be a steward in your own yard

Plant native plants Eradicate invasive species

Educate others

My Project

Nurturingnativenature.wordpress.com

Nurturingnativenature@gmail.com

RESOURCES http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/resource-manage

ment/ima/ Greg Sykes (http://www.grsykes.com/) http://www.invasive.org/index.cfm http://www.nps.gov/plants/ALIEN/fact.htm

Jeopardy!

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WHAT IS THIS PLANT?

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BAMBOO

What is this plant?

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ENGLISH IVY

What is this plant?

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JaPaNESE STILTGRASS

What is this plant?

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GARLIC MUSTARD

What is this plant?

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MILE A MINUTE

What is this plant?

http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/vit/Parthenocissus%20quinquefolia%20vine.jpg

VIRGINIA CREEPER

What is this plant?

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DOGWOOD

What is this plant?

http://web.cortland.edu/broyles/christmasfernring.jpg

Christmas fern

What is this plant?

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Red maple

What is this plant?

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Poison ivy

LIST TWO WAYS TO HELP IRRADICATE

INVASIVE SPECIES…

Help the IMA and Volunteer at a Plant Pull Educate others Plant Native Plants Pull Invasive Plants in your own yard!

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LIST TWO WAYS THAT some OF THE

INVASIVE PLANTS CAME TO AMERICA…

As packaging for Porcelain – Japanese Stiltgrass As a possible medicine or food for settlers – Garlic

Mustard Ornamental Plant - Bamboo Cultivated as an ‘interesting’ garden plant – Mile a

Minute Ornamental and landscaping tool – English Ivy

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Significance of eradicating invasive

plants…

Maintaining Biodiversity Resource Competition Maintaining the Food Chain Preserving the Ecosystem

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Two General Characteristics of Invasive Plants…

Fast growing Hardy plants Produces many seeds

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Example of a “well behaved” exotic

plant…

Daffodil Tulip Azalea

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Name of my website?

Nuturingnativenature.wordpress.com

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What does IMA stand for?

Invasive Management Area

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Who said…“In every walk with nature one receives

far more than he seeks.”

John Muir

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WHAT EATS POISION IVY?

White-Tailed Deer Muskrats Eastern Cottontail

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What percent of Threatened or

Endangered species are at risk because of

invasive species?

42% of endangered or threatened species

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