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A Strategic Plan for Managing Invasive Non-native Plants on National Park Systems Land
DOI. National Park Service.
The National Park Service prepared this document to describe the impacts of invasive nonnative plants on the National Park System's natural resources and to outline strategies and tactics to help prevent and manage their spread on National Park System lands. This plan describes for National Park Service managers and partners the management challenges facing the agency and outlines ways to better coordinate all National Park Service programs in the fight against invasive nonnative plants.
An Invasive Species Assessment Protocol: Evaluating Non-Native Plants for Their Impact on Biodiversity (2004; PDF | 1 MB)
NatureServe Explorer.
APHIS Weed Policy
USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Criteria for Categorizing Invasive Non-Native Plants that Threaten Wildlands (Feb 28, 2003)
Southwest Vegetation Management Association; California Exotic Pest Plant Council.
Draft
Action Plan for the Noxious Weeds Program (Jan 2002; PDF | 70 KB)
USDA. APHIS. Plant
Protection and Quarantine.
FICMNEW's
2005/2006 Workplan (PDF | 147 KB)
Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and
Exotic Weeds.
FICMNEW's Pulling Together: National Goal 2 - Effective Control
Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds.
Part of FICMNEW's national strategy for invasive plant management.
Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management (2005; PDF | 3.05 MB)
Transportation Research Board. National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
Invasive Species (I-Rank) Assessments
NatureServe Explorer.
Includes assessments for a total 452 non-native plants of the U.S., searchable by name, location, invasive impact rank (I-Rank), or a combination of these criteria. The assessments are the result of applying a systematic protocol (Morse et al. 2004) to determine the degree of impact an individual non-native species has on the native plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States.
Note: The invasive species ranks (I-Ranks) are on the Status tab. Use the link at the top of the Status tab that says "U.S. Invasive Species Impact Rank (I-RANK)" or just scroll down the page until you see the I-Rank select criteria. You can search for individual species by name, by location or search by the overall invasive impact rank.
National Early Warning and Rapid Response System For Invasive Plants in the United States (Draft) (Mar 15, 2002; PDF | 1.07 MB)
Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds.
2007 Noxious Weed Control Policy and Classification System (Feb 2007; PDF | 99 KB)
Oregon Department of Agriculture. Noxious Weed Control Program.
Pacific Northwest Region Noxious Weed Policy & Strategic Plan (Aug 1999)
USDA. Forest Service.
Partners Against Weeds, An Action Plan for the Bureau of Land Management
DOI. Bureau of Land Management.
Policy Statement on Arundo Donax (Oct 2006; PDF | 61 KB)
Florida Native Plant Society.
The Florida Native Plant Society opposes the
agricultural production of Arundo donax (giant reed, egrass,
bamboo reed, arundo grass, giant bamboo
reed, etc.) as a biofuel in Florida due to its invasive
characteristics and empirical evidence of impact on native plant communities.
The Society further encourages the eradication of existing stands of this species
and the banning of its sale as an ornamental to prevent invasion of native plant
habitats in Florida. |
