Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force (MoIP) – to identify and control the invasive plant species that severely impact native biodiversity

Review the Idea to Cease the Sale of Invasive Plants in Missouri

In an effort to minimize additional spread of invasive plants and to help lessen the long-term impact of existing problem species, the Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force (MoIP) has a goal of developing recommendations to influence policy and strategies to influence action to manage invasive species within Missouri and the Midwest region. See the timeline and read the rationale behind the MoIP idea of a Missouri statute that would cease the sale, propagation, and intentional distribution of some invasive plants.

About the Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force (MoIP)

In 2015, Grow Native! spearheaded this multi-agency, multi-industry networking and advocacy group to bolster statewide efforts to identify and control the invasive plant species that severely impact native biodiversity. Representatives from the fields of conservation, agriculture, botanical science, ecological services, plant production, horticulture, landscape services and design, and arboriculture make up the task force.

The task force is housed and administered by Grow Native!, a native plant education and marketing program of the Missouri Prairie Foundation. The purpose of the task force—working as a united, supportive front—is to review, discuss, and recommend educational and regulatory action related to managing known and potential non-native invasive plant species that negatively impact natural communities and built landscapes in Missouri and elsewhere in the lower Midwest.

Download the MoIP Fact Sheet for more information.