In the Jefferson City News Tribune the week of December 10, 2018.
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Private and Public Property Owners Invited to Pledge to Stop the Spread of Invasive Plants
Contact: Carol Davit, 573-356-7828, caroldavit@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Private and Public Property Owners Invited to Pledge to Stop the Spread of Invasive Plants The Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force, a resource of the Grow Native! program, invites...
Download Guidebook on Management of Invasive Plants & Pests of Illinois
A comprehensive guidebook on Management of Invasive Plants & Pests of Illinois is now available online as a free download: https://goo.gl/fNn1vN The book includes clear and direct recommendations for management of ubiquitous and emerging invasive species,...
Mizzou Botanic Garden Cuts Down Pear Tree & Takes the Pledge to Stop the Spread of Invasive Plants
Mizzou Botanic Garden Cuts Down Pear Tree & Takes the Pledge to Stop the Spread of Invasive Plants The Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force, a resource of the Grow Native! program, invites communities, campuses, businesses and other entities to follow Mizzou Botanic...
Honeysuckle Trial in St. Louis
A St. Louis man sued bush honeysuckle. Here's how it turned out. Witnesses featured MoIP's own Carol Davit (Missouri Prairie Foundation director), Kat Dockery of the Open Space Council St. Louis, and more.
2nd Annual Invasive Species Day at Missouri State Fair 2018
The Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force (MoIP) had a great time at the MO State Fair on Friday, August 10! We were thrilled to be among other important organizations participating in last week's invasive species collaboration/education event. Thank you to the steady...
Position Open at Missouri Botanical Garden
Position Open at Missouri Botanical Garden: Restoration Ecology Coordinator - Litzsinger Road Ecology Center
MDC, MoDOT, Missouri Prairie Foundation collaborate on Invasive Species Strike Team
Click here to listen to the KRCU interview with MoIP vice-chair Nate Muenks. Invasive weeds will no longer have “the right of way” for over 700 miles of southeast Missouri roads. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), Missouri Department...
“Plant This, Not That!” Posters Now Available
"Plant This, Not That! Native Missouri Trees to Plant Instead of Invasive Callery/Bradford Pear" is an 11-poster set (title page + 10 species) inspired by the "Stop the Spread" campaign and designed by Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force. Available in the following...
Awards given for fighting invasive plants, increasing native habitat
– by Nancy Bedan, on Columbia Audubon Society website At a ceremony on April 25, the City of Columbia recognized the Columbia Audubon Society (CAS) for its work in habitat restoration at the Columbia Audubon Nature Sanctuary (CANS) and for its community outreach and...
Western Governors List 50 Worst Invasive Species
Invasive species pose an enormous environmental challenge to western states and territories. Western Governors have experienced first-hand how these invaders affect the region’s forests and rangelands, water, and agriculture. Left unchecked, invasive species...
Requiem for a Bradford Pear
originally published in Outdoor Living, Summer 2014 by Margo Farnsworth I had inherited my much longed for older sister’s bedroom. It was a garret-like space that opened into our dusty, but neatly arranged attic with oversized attic fan serving as both focal point...
Greenbelt Land Trust of Mid-Missouri Honeysuckle Work Day
Green Belt Land Trust wants to let you know about an opportunity to do some good work and help out a conservation easement landowner by clearing invasive honeysuckle on Saturday, November 11th, from 10AM to noon. They will be led by Fred Young, honeysuckle...
Watch: Daniel Simberloff — “We Can Win the War Against Introduced Species!”
from IHMC Florida Institute for Human Machine Cognition 2005 Evening Lecture Series
Honeysuckle Hackathon 2017 and other St. Louis-Area invasive plant initiatives
"It's a leaf-out freakout," begins a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article posted March 13. As described in, "St. Louis residents beat back invasive honeysuckle as spring nears," organizations across the city are engaged in removal of this prolific and highly invasive...
Invasive Plant Species articles on the Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
This topical issue of the Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society includes many articles pertinent to species that are invasive in Missouri, including a review article on Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). See more species-specific articles here on the MoIP website....
Rock Bridge Memorial State Park volunteer opportunities
Rock Bridge Memorial State Park is being threatened like never before by invasive plants and needs your help! If you haven’t considered doing invasive plant control volunteering before, the attachments will give you a good understanding of what’s involved. While we...
Decision to deregulate creeping bentgrass
Environmental groups blasted USDA’s Jan. 17 decision to deregulate a genetically engineered creeping bentgrass that has taken root in two Oregon counties. In a joint news release, the Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety sharply criticized USDA’s...
Invasive to Watch This Season
Round leaf (Oriental) bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) is a perennial deciduous, climbing, woody vine that can grow to lengths of 60 feet and up to 4 inches in diameter. The striated bark is brown to dark brown. The smooth twigs can range from light gray to dark brown. The alternate, elliptical to rounded leaves are light green and 2-5 inches long. Small, inconspicuous, axillary, greenish white flowers bloom from May to early June. Small, round fruits are green when young; ripen to yellow; then split to reveal showy, scarlet berries that persist into winter. Celastrus orbiculatus is often found in old home sites, fields, and road edges. The fast-growing vines can cover, shade, and outcompete other vegetation, and even girdle and kill large trees.