Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2002 Annual Summary

Langley GE. 2006. Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2002 Annual Summary. Acadia National Park Natural Resource Report 2006-9. Acadia National Park Resource Management. Bar Harbor, Maine

Following taken from executive summary: 'Two exotic plant species and one native plant species were managed in Acadia National Park in 2002. Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), a non-native invasive plant species, was actively managed on Mount Desert Island within Acadia National Park in 2002, as it has been since 1988 (...). Additionally, two L. salicaria populations outside park boundaries received some type of management. Only the Mount Desert Isladn portion of the park is known to contain purple loosestrife. A report of loosestrife on Long Island was not confirmed. Schoodic Peninsula, Isle au Haut, and other Park managed island remain free of this pest species.'... Loosestrife stems were sprayed with 1% glyphosate herbicide solution. ...'Another invasive species, coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), was managed at one park location using a 1% glyphosate herbicide solution....' Report details areas surveyed, managed, and the details of any management. Appendix A lists transect monitoring data and Appendix B lists UTM coordinates for purple loosestrife sites. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/The Tarn/Bear Brook/Blackwoods/Breakneck Brook/Duck Brook outflow/Half Moon Pond/Kent Field Wetland/Breakneck Pond/ GIS CATEGORY 1: Appendix B lists coordinates for purple loosestrife sites.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Langley, Geneva
Date of Issue
2006
Publisher
Acadia National Park Resource Management
Units
ACAD
Keywords
Bear Brook, Blackwoods, Breakneck Brook, Breakneck Pond, Duck Brook outflow, Exotic, Exotic Species, Half Moon Pond, Herbicides, Invasive Species, Kent Field Wetland, Mount Desert Island, Permanent Plots, Plants, Population Control, The Tarn, Vascular Plants, Wetland

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