Plant+Invaders

== =Invasion of the Non-Native Species at Charter=

Are the lush fields, meadows and natural areas that surround our school as natural and pristine as a wildlife refuge? Have silent invaders crept in to dominate our school grounds? Do we have an invasion problem? Our task is to discover the answer to these pressing questions. How bad is the situation and is there anything that can be done? You will be gathering physical evidence as well as digital photos and mapping documentation that will shed light on this serious problem that faces our school.

Herbaceous Plants

 * Garlic Mustard
 * Japanese Knot weed
 * Japanese Stiltgrass
 * Bamboo
 * Canada Thistle
 * Chinese Lespedeza
 * Chinese Silver Grass
 * Common Daylily
 * Common Reed
 * Giant Hogweed
 * Marsh Dewflower
 * Spotted Knapweed

Shrubs

 * Autumn Olive
 * Bush Honeysuckles
 * Japanese Barberry
 * Multiflora Rose
 * Wineberry
 * Winged Burning Bush
 * Butterfly Bush
 * Japanese Spiraea
 * Jetbead

Trees

 * Bradford Pear
 * Norway Maple
 * Princess Tree
 * Tree of Heaven
 * Silk Tree
 * Paper Mulberry
 * Sawtooth Oak
 * White Mulberry

Vines

 * English Ivy
 * Kudzu
 * Mile-a-Minute
 * Oriental Bittersweet
 * Porcelainberry
 * Wisterias
 * Creeping Euonymus
 * Five-leaved Akebia
 * Japanese Honeysuckle
 * Louis Swallowwort
 * Periwinkle


 * Invasive Plant Identification Resources:**


 * USDA Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide
 * I-tunes app for identifying invasive species
 * Invasive Plant species in Southern Forests app
 * Invasive Plant app for New England
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 * Invasive Plant app for New England
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