Rescuing and Preserving our Natural Heritage

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

• 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

Space-age weed pull … co-sponsored by ALIPC

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