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Rescuing and Preserving our Natural Heritage

Rescuing and Preserving our Natural Heritage. http://www.se-eppc.org/alabama/. Alabama’s top 10. Cogongrass Chinese privet Kudzu Chinese tallow tree Japanese climbing fern Tropical soda apple Invasive roses Alligator weed Hydrilla Eurasian water milfoil .

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Rescuing and Preserving our Natural Heritage

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  1. Rescuing and Preserving our Natural Heritage

  2. http://www.se-eppc.org/alabama/

  3. Alabama’s top 10 • Cogongrass • Chinese privet • Kudzu • Chinese tallow tree • Japanese climbing fern • Tropical soda apple • Invasive roses • Alligator weed • Hydrilla • Eurasian water milfoil

  4. Alabama’s Invasive Plants by Land-use and Water-use Sectors See entire list at: http://www.se-eppc.org/alabama

  5. Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) Aerial photo courtesy: Alabama Forestry Commission our biggest threat

  6. 50% of the species on Alabama’s invasive plant list are escaped ornamentals NJL ‘UGA photos courtesy of www.invasive.org

  7. 2008 Annual Meeting Official signing of Cogongrass Task Force MOU Over 150 participants Mini workshops

  8. Episode about Invasive Plants on Alabama Public Television’s ‘Discovering Alabama’ co-sponsored by and produced in cooperation with ALIPC www.discoveringalabama.org Invasive plant poster published by Legacy, Inc. in cooperation with ALIPC www.legacyenved.org

  9. A portable display with interchangeable species cards is available for use at meetings and other functions

  10. 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

  11. Space-age weed pull … co-sponsored by ALIPC

  12. 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 Acres Nonnative roses 20,837 Acres Chinaberry 13,496 Acres Asian wisterias 12,380 Acres Princesstree 2,284 Acres Tropical soda apple 1,710 Acres

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