INVASIVE PLANTS

On the Stockton Campus

By: Theresa Quelch

WHAT ARE THEY?

Non-native plants Exotic Invasive Plants

THE PROBLEM?
Out compete native plants Alter habitat

Pic of small innocent looking lonicera japonica

Objective

Study Invasive plants on campus Compare studies of recent years to original survey done by Jack McCormick Suggest ways to deal with invasive plants and ideas for further study

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Invasive Plants and Campus History

Jack McCormick 1970 Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Fall 2011 Spring 2012 Future studies

Stockton Campus 1930

Stockton Campus History

1970

Jack McCormick Survey

Jack McCormick Original Survey 1970 Noted all plants on existing properties Natives Cultivated natives Non-Natives Suggestions for management

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GPS located some plants on Campus Suggestions for management

Fall 2010
Phragmi ties pic?

Spring 2011
More detailed GPS mapping 4 specific plants Suggestions for management

Lake Fred 2011

Old Farm sites: Vallaster (24) Zingraff (25) Abramano (26)

Species Name Lilac Multiflora rose Fox grape Wisteria Privet Hydrangea Japanese barberry

Scentific name Syringa vulgaris Rosa multiflora Vitis labrusca Wisteria sinensis Ligustrum japonicum Hydrangea arborescens Berberis thunbergii

Site: Wazen farm

Zinckgraf Farm

Farm across street

Arboret Pig um Farm

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Lake Fred

A&S Build

Lakeside Build

Dorm F/G

Japanese honeysuckle
Ivy Autum olive/Japanese silverberry Phragmites Undetermined

Lonicera japonica
Hedera helix Elaeagnus umbellata Phragmites australis

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Spring 2011 Break down of Data

Begin deeper investigation into McCormick study

Tie locations in McCormicks Paper to those on 1971 archives Compile data from various observations throughout the years

Fall 2011

Spring 2012

Compare Recent studies to McCormicks GPS Mapping from 1970 sites

College Entrance 2012

College Drive 2012

 Some plants are more invasive then others There is spread of non-native invasive plants

Results

CAREFUL MAINTENANCE REMOVAL DESTROY BETTER LANDSCAPING

Future Studies Soil pH Changes caused by invasive plants Effects of removal or destroying plants Long term, adaptation of local wildlife Competition of new disturbed area

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