SE-EPPC’s Invasive Plant Mapping Program - Update

3. SE-EPPC’s Invasive Plant Mapping Program - Update Chris Evans & Chuck Bargeron University of Georgia – Bugwood Network

4. EDDMapS • Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System

5. Training Session • Today • 3:15 – 5:00 • Room L EDDR/Mapping Session • Tomorrow • 9:00 – 12:00 • Room L

6. Addressing Needs Using EDDMaps • Distribution of Invasive Plants Across the South • Electronic Early Detection System to Allow for More Rapid Responses • Large Scale Cooperative Management of New Invasive Species

7. Distribution of Invasive Plants in the South • Enter data • View data • Download data

9. Data Sharing Partners

10. Current Data - Statistics • 78,000 records • 8,000 point records • 460 plants

11. Current Data – Collections • Herbarium records from Alabama Universities • Auburn • Troy • Jacksonville State • USFS-FIA • Tennessee Natural Areas Program • NBII-SAIN and SAVEM

12. Southeast County Maps

13. Southeast County Maps

14. State County Maps

15. Point Maps – Google Maps

16. Point Maps – Yahoo Maps

17. Data Access Features

18. Data Downloads

19. Data Downloads

21. County – Lists

24. Data Entry

25. Data Entry

26. Training Session • 3 in Alabama • Huntsville • Montgomery • Mobile • One this afternoon • One planned for Chattanooga in June • One planned at FL-EPPC Annual Meeting • Online Material

27. Training Material

28. Electronic Early Detection System • Each state has a designated reviewer • Responsible for verifying all data entered in that state • Responsible for notifying the appropriate people when a EDRR species is reported • Each state can designate EDRR species that automatically are flagged • Email sent to designated persons within the state when a EDRR species is reported • State EDRR Committees

32. Electronic Early Detection System • State designated EDRR list vs. SE-wide list • State list allows for more specificity • Species that are common in one state may be a EDRR species in another • Example garlic mustard • Common in TN and KY • EDRR species in GA and AL

33. Large Scale Cooperative Management of New Invasive Species • Cogongrass in Georgia, South Carolina and Louisiana • Japanese Knotweed in North Carolina

34. Cogongrass Management • Georgia, Louisiana, and South Carolina are the “leading edges” of cogongrass’ range • All states have a taskforce setup to deal with cogongrass • All states are housing their distribution data in EDDMapS

36. Cogongrass Management

37. Cogongrass Management

38. Japanese Knotweed Management • NC-EPPC members are working to place Japanese Knotweed on the state’s noxious weed list • Compiling records of occurrences across the state • Herbarium records • Observations • Using EDDMapS to store and display all of this data • 191 records in 38 counties

39. Japanese Knotweed Management

42. EDDMapS • 1 year and going strong • Further compilation of collection data • Additional training sessions • Applied for Pulling Together Grant • Looking for other funding opportunities • Need for collaboration between all of the mapping projects underway