rescuing and preserving our natural heritage
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• Cogongrass• Chinese privet• Kudzu• Chinese tallow tree• Japanese climbing fern• Tropical soda apple• Invasive roses• Alligator weed• Hydrilla• Eurasian water milfoil
Alabama’s top 10
See entire list at: http://www.se-eppc.org/alabama
Alabama’s Invasive Plants by Land-use and Water-use Sectors
Aerial photo courtesy: Alabama Forestry Commission
our biggest threat
Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica)
50% of the species on Alabama’s invasive plant list are escaped ornamentals
‘UGA photos courtesy of www.invasive.org
NJL
2008 Annual Meeting
Official signing of Cogongrass
Task Force MOU
Mini workshops
Over 150 participants
Invasive plant poster
published by Legacy, Inc. in cooperation with ALIPC www.legacyenved.org
Episode about Invasive Plants on Alabama Public Television’s ‘Discovering
Alabama’
co-sponsored by and produced in cooperation with ALIPC
www.discoveringalabama.org
A portable display with interchangeable species cards is available for use at meetings and other functions
North Alabama Working Group
• Established the Tennessee Valley Weed Management Area• 4th Annual symposium - Nov 2007• North Alabama Invasive Plant List• Numerous eradication and control
projects:• Hays Preserve- Privet Round-up
• Huntsville Land Trust bush honeysuckle control
• Purple loosestrife eradication and control
• Burritt Museum – Multiflora rose control
Occupation of Alabama’s Forests by Invasive Plants 2001-2006
James H. Miller and Erwin Chambliss, US Forest Service R&D Auburn
Preliminary Estimate of Actual Acres Covered (SRS FIA)
Japanese honeysuckle 2,922,547 Acres
Privet 902,215 Acres
Kudzu 61,295 Acres
Japanese climbing fern 43,709 Acres
Cogongrass 43,889 Acres
Mimosa / Silktree 34,945 Acres
Tallowtree 22,505 AcresNonnative roses 20,837
AcresChinaberry 13,496
AcresAsian wisterias 12,380
AcresPrincesstree 2,284
AcresTropical soda apple 1,710
Acres