Many invasive plants in the United States are woody non-natives that were introduced with the best of intentions but escaped from past or current cultivation. Only a small number of these introduced woody species have become invasive over time, but those that have severely disrupt natural areas and ecosystems with huge economic costs. A new approach to reduce these impacts is to identify plants in their earliest stages of spread, using data being collected today by public gardens across North America. Gardens within this network, known as Public Gardens as Sentinels against Invasive Plants (PGSIP), are now using a standardized process to report their problematic plants and share that information with one another. In this presentation, we will learn which up-and-coming woody species are of greatest concern within gardens today and how this information can be applied outside of the garden community, including by land managers, gardeners, landscape architects, and the nursery industry.
Speaker: Theresa Culley
Event Timeslots (1)
Conference Schedule
-
Many invasive plants in the United States are woody non-natives that were introduced with the best of intentions but escaped from past or current cultivation. Only a small number of these introduced woody species have become invasive over time, but those that have severely disrupt natural areas and ecosystems with huge economic costs. A new approach to reduce these impacts is to identify plants in their earliest stages of spread, using data being collected today by public gardens across North America. Gardens within this network, known as Public Gardens as Sentinels against Invasive Plants (PGSIP), are now using a standardized process to report their problematic plants and share that information with one another. In this presentation, we will learn which up-and-coming woody species are of greatest concern within gardens today and how this information can be applied outside of the garden community, including by land managers, gardeners, landscape architects, and the nursery industry.