Invasive Plants
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BRODHEAD WATERSHED
Invasive Species Management Plan
Weeding Out Invasives: A Plan to Restore Biodiversity
2011, Funded by the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
CONTENTS AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1: THE BRODHEAD WATERSHED AND INVASIVE PLANTS
CHAPTER 2: MANAGING INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES
CHAPTER 3: PRIORITY INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES
APPENDIX: DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
COMMON RIPARIAN INVASIVE PLANTS AND NATIVE REPLACEMENTS |
About the Project:
– Read the REPORT ON PHASE I of the project
PHASE I
In Phase I project, riparian areas along the 15 mile Cherry Creek and the 12 mile lower Brodhead were surveyed. The Buck Hill Falls area was also surveyed. Property owners in the 21 square mile Cherry Valley and the 28.2 square mile lower Brodhead were contacted and offered the services of Master Gardeners to survey their property. In the following years all other streams in the watershed were walked, and density of invasive plants recorded.
View Maps of the Phase I Findings:
– JAPANESE BARBERRY
– GARLIC MUSTARD
– JAPANESE KNOTWEED
– MULTIFLORA ROSE
– JAPANESE STILTGRASS
– BUSH HONEYSUCKLES
PHASE II
In Phase II of the project invasive plants in the Marshalls Creek corridor. were mapped and the Management Plan was completed.
View Maps of PHASE II Findings from the Marshalls Creek Watershed:
– JAPANESE BARBERRY
– GARLIC MUSTARD
– JAPANESE KNOTWEED
– MULTIFLORA ROSE
– JAPANESE STILTGRASS
– BUSH HONEYSUCKLES
Archive of Invasive of the Month
January 2021 – Didymo
March 2021 – Spotted lantern fly
April 2021 – English ivy
May 2021 – Hairy bittercress
June 2021- Pennywort
July 2021 – Mile-a-minute
August 2021 – HAB
September 2021 – Wineberry
October 2021 – Rough horsetail
November 2021 – Norway maple
December 2021 – Don’t decorate with bittersweet