Project Number: 3625-21000-053-05
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 13, 2004
End Date: Mar 01, 2009

Objective:
To assemble information about non-native woody plants cultivated in the Chicago region and test risk-assessment models developed to predict the likelihood that non-native trees and shrubs will naturalize and potentially become invasive in the Midwestern United States.

Approach:
Compile a list of non-native woody plants cultivated in the Chicago region and determine naturalization status of each species. Collect distributional data, along with data on horticultural and reproductive characteristics needed for risk assessment, and use to test risk-assessment models.