APWG: What's New?

What's New?

Month of December 2008	Moved WeedUS to a collaborative website with University of Georgia's Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health The printable APWG 2009 Invasive Plant Calendar is available
During 2008	New fact sheet: Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) Updated Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum)
During 2007	The printable APWG 2008 Invasive Plant Calendar is available Updated Mile-A-Minute (Persicaria perfoliata, previously Polygonum perfoliatum) Updated WeedUS Excel & Web Version Updated Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum)
During 2006	The Printable 2007 Invasive Plant Calendar is available. Updated WeedUS Excel & Web Version New fact sheet: Amur corktree (Phellodendron amurense) New fact sheet: Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) Changed layout for Fact Sheets to use a Least Wanted theme Updated Fiveleaf akebia (Akebia quinata) and WeedUS plant lists New fact sheet: West Indian marsh grass (Hymenachne amplexicaulis) Added PDF files for all plant fact sheets Updated fact sheet: Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) New fact sheets: Black swallow-wort (Cynanchum louiseae) & Pale swallow-wort (Cynanchum rossicum). Updated fact sheet: English ivy (Hedera helix). The printable 2006 Invasive Plant Calendar is available.
During 2005	Added the ability to search the website. Updated APWG Fact Sheets Poster PDF and reuploaded maps. Added Eat Your Weedies page. Added APWG Fact Sheets Poster PDF and updated Weeds Gone Wild Brochures. Added maps to Fact Sheets and Scientific Names Plant List. New fact sheets: Common Reed (Phragmites australis) and Tall Fescue (Lolium arundinaceum), Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) Updated Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) and Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) to add photos.
During 2004	The Printable 2005 Invasive Plant Calendar is now available! The Species List now has an added National Parks Invasives List. New fact sheets: Yellow Star Thistle (Centaurea solstitialis), Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila), Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria), Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii) and Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera). Updated Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), Porcelainberry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata) and Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum) fact sheets. Updated Species Lists (removed native plants invasive outside their natural range for inclusion in a different list) and What the heck is an Invasive Plant? Fact Sheet and added Mid-Atlantic List
During 2003	Added Spotted knapweed (Centaurea biebersteinii). Updated Species Lists with added columns (States Reported Invasive & National Parks), More Info... Added What is Native? Exotic? Invasive?, Printable 2004 Invasive Plant Calendar
During 2002	Combined Press Releases & Announcements with Publications/Public Outreach. New print publication: Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas Web version of Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas Added Publications/Public Outreach section with Weedbusters Theme Song & Weeds Gone Wild Brochure New Printable 2002/3 16-month Calendar Added Asiatic sand sedge (Carex Kobomugi), Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius), Annual Bastard-Cabbage (Rapistrum rugosum), Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) Minor update of Plant Invaders of Natural Areas species list. More Info...
During 2001	Added information for APWG E-mail List Added 2001 Calendar
During 2000	Added Porcelainberry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata), English Ivy (Hedera helix) Added the Alien Plant Working Group Action Agenda Added "Last Updated" to all pages Added photos of Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) Updated More Info...
During 1999	Added photo of Fiveleaf Akebia (Akebia quinata) Added Carrotwood (Cupaniopsis anacardioides) Updated Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum) Updated Scientific Names List, Press Section, More Info... Added Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima), distribution maps to selected species Updated Strawberry Guava (Psidium cattleianum) photos Updated Press & Announcements, More Information, Burma Reed (Neyraudia reynaudiana) Added Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), Mile-A-Minute (Polygonum perfoliatum) Added photo of Fire Tree, Press & Announcements section, information on Invasive Species Executive Order Updated Scientific Names List, More Information, Press & Announcements Updated and put Info Links in a separate section
During 1998	Added Weed Spotlight Partial update of Common Names List Updated Burma Reed (Neyraudia reynaudiana) Updated Background section, Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense), Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin), White Poplar (Populus alba) Redesign of main index page Added Burma Reed (Neyraudia reynaudiana), Cogon Grass (Imperata cylindrica), Japanese Spiraea (Spiraea japonica), photos for Velvet Tree (Miconia calvescens), White Poplar (Populus alba) Group name changed to Alien Plant Working Group Updated Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum), Links in Background section Added Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus), Fiveleaf Akebia (Akebia quinata), photo of Asiatic Colubrina (Colubrina asiatica), photo of Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum), Velvet Tree (Miconia calvescens)

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