Exotic Plant Management in the Great Meadow Wetland : Acadia National Park, Maine
McKeage AL and Connery JH. 2010. Exotic Plant Management in the Great Meadow Wetland : Acadia National Park, Maine. Acadia National Park Natural Resource Report 2010-9. Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor, ME
Field work: 2010. Following taken from Intro. “In 2010, the National Park Service (NPS) at Acadia National Park (ANP) continues an intensive campaign to manage invasive plants threatening the ecological viability of Great Meadow wetland, near Bar Harbor, Maine. This work is being conducted under a 2008 memorandum of Understanding between the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the NPS, and Friends of Acadia (FOA). During the 2010 field season, four NPS biological technicians managed shrubby St. John’s wort (Hypericum prolificum), glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus), Amur maple (Acer ginnala), and Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) in Great Meadow. During management work, NPS staff conducted baseline mapping to determine the extent of each invasive species in global positioning systems (GPS) and computer mapping (GIS). Our survey determined that glossy buckthorn is more widely distributed than originally surmised." The report continues to describe in detail the findings of the surveys on species distribution and management of each. The report only contains a general map of the invasive plant management area and the distribution of glossy buckthorn and St John's Wort. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/ Great Meadow Wetland GIS CATEGORY 2 ; genreal map of Glossy buckthorn distribution and invsive plant management.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- McKeage, Aleta; Connery, Judith
- Date of Issue
- 2010-11-24
- Publisher
- Acadia National Park
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Exotic, Exotic Species, Great Meadow Wetland, Herbicides, Invasive Species, Mount Desert Island, Plants, Population Control, Vascular Plants, Wetland