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The IPANE Project: Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

The IPANE Project aims to gather and provide current and historic distributional data of invasive or potentially invasive plants in New England. It conducts scientific research, increases public awareness, and offers volunteer training. The project includes an interactive website, a volunteer network, herbarium specimens, and mapping tools.

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The IPANE Project: Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

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  1. The IPANE Project: Invasive Plant Atlas of New England Leslie J. Mehrhoff Invasive Plant Atlas of New England University of Connecticut

  2. IPANE Project Participants • Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library Center for Cartographic Analysis • New England Wild Flower Society • Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, US F&WS

  3. Primary Funding: • United Stated Department of Agriculture – Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems

  4. IPANE Goals • New England Early Detection Network • Gather current & historic distributional data • Make information available • Conduct & encourage scientific research • Increase public awareness • Train volunteer spotters • “Interoperability”

  5. IPANE Project Components • Atlas of invasive or potentially invasive plants in New England • Interactive website • Volunteer training - NEWFS • Research – UCONN • Outreach - NIPGro • Regional Early Detection Network

  6. User Community • Academia • Conservationists • Land Managers • Government Agencies • Regulators & Legislators • Green Industries • Public

  7. Before we got started... • Convened a knowledgeable committee • Defined our geography • Established parameters for the kinds of data we would, and would not, gather • Established criteria • Established data gathering protocols

  8. Data Warehouse IN • Herbarium records • Current field data OUT • Species Catalog • Collections database • Maps

  9. IPANE Collections Databases • Herbarium specimen 20 + regional herbaria Capture all label data Geo-referenced – 35 K geo-reference points Metadata • Current Field Data Field data from trained volunteers Geo-referenced from GPS or maps Verified by IPANE staff Metadata

  10. Importance of Herbarium Specimens • Document a species’ occurrence in space and time • Permanent record • Verifiable • Good for teaching, demonstration, or as an identification aid • “Herbarium currency”

  11. Volunteer Network • 450 in 3 years – 25 per state per year • Volunteer coordinator • Staff-run training sessions • Terrestrial and Aquatic species • On-line reporting forms • Verification and Quality Control

  12. Spontaneous & Unsolicited Reports • “Report sighting” button on website • Verification IPANE staff Regional herbaria FNA authors • Initiate Rapid Assessment process

  13. The Invasive Plant Atlas for New England Website • http:// invasives.eeb.uconn.edu/ipane • Maps & database • Catalog of species • Project information • Announcement and unmoderated lists • Volunteer support • Quizzes and “Weed Wisdom!”

  14. IPANE Catalog • Scientific and common names • Diagnostic & incursion photographs • Descriptive text • Historical information • Similar species • Hard copy references and hot links • Management links

  15. Berberis spp. Cardamine impatiens

  16. IPANE Databases • Herbarium records 20+ herbaria Historic perspective Modeling & pathways

  17. IPANE Databases • Herbarium records 20+ herbaria Historic perspective Modeling & pathways • Current field data Ecological & site specific data Available shortly

  18. IPANE Maps • Occurrences • Herbarium records & current reports • State, county, town, & site occurrence • ?? Automated

  19. The IPANE Project: An Early Detection and Rapid Assessment Network for New England

  20. Network Components • Early Detection • Rapid Assessment • Rapid Response • Long-term Monitoring

  21. IPANE Rapid Responders Database • Field Botanists • Floristic Botanists • Control & Management Experts • Regulatory Officials

  22. IPANE Rapid Responders Database • Geography – states and regional • Responder categories • Ecological systems – terrestrial and aquatic

  23. IPANE Rapid Assessment page • List of “Early Detection Species” • Table of species’ status in all 6 states • Early detection protocols • How to report a possible new incursion

  24. IPANE list of species • Approximately 100 species • Includes most of the species that appear on some state or regional list • Criteria used to determine biological potential for invasiveness • Problematic or questionable species

  25. Other things on the IPANE website • Project information • Volunteers information • Associated projects • Associated research • Quizzes • Weed Wisdom!

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