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Recent Developments and Activities

Recent Developments and Activities. Hosted the 10th annual SE-EPPC symposium in Biloxi, Mississippi, May 2008 - Managing Invasive Plants in Disturbed Landscapes Contributing to the establishment of a statewide Cooperative Weed Management Area (in progress)

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Recent Developments and Activities

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  1. Recent Developments and Activities • Hosted the 10th annual SE-EPPC symposium in Biloxi, Mississippi, May 2008 - Managing Invasive Plants in Disturbed Landscapes • Contributing to the establishment of a statewide Cooperative Weed Management Area (in progress) • Developing an invasive plant list for Mississippi (in progress)

  2. The 10th Annual SE-EPPC Symposium in Biloxi, Mississippi

  3. Presentation of a Leadership Award to Agriculture Commissioner, Lester Spell, for his role in establishing a statewide CWMA for Mississippi

  4. Developing an Invasive Plant ListSuggestions at the Ms-EPPC Meeting in May 2007 • Start with a List of Known Non-Native Plants in Mississippi (648 species) and the SE EPPC Invasive Plant List (139 species) • Include Nursery & Turf Industries • Organize by growth form and habitat • Specify purpose of list before development • Use format of NatureServe I-Rank, including potential economic impact

  5. We already have a list of what we considered to be our ten worst invasive plants.

  6. Mississippi’s two most notorious invasive plants Kudzu Cogongrass Bare, muddy slope in 1935 The same slope in 1939 Chris Evans - University of Georgia USDA NRCS Archives

  7. …but we recognize that we may have previously overlooked the threat posed by others. Floodplain in north Mississippi dominated by Stiltgrass(Microstegium vimineum) shortly after emergence in the spring

  8. In developing a more complete DRAFT list for Mississippi, we • solicited input from six experts in hort/turf botany. • compared our list with AL, TN, and northern FL lists and incorporated suggestions received from the reviewers. • Narrowed our list of 648 non-native species to 187 potentially invasive species.

  9. Next steps -need more input on the DRAFT list, including: • Perceived threat of species on the list – in Mississippi; • ‘I-Rank’ information on each species, using NatureServe protocols, but including economic impact; • A procedure for adding new species to the list as potential threats are identified, AND for modifying the ranks of listed species, as new information becomes available.

  10. To access an Excel file of the DRAFT list and PDF of suggested guidelines for providing input… http://www.se-eppc.org/mississippi/

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