Managing exotic plants on Bar Island, Acadia National Park, ME
Wheeler J. 2016. Managing exotic plants on Bar Island, Acadia National Park, ME. National Park Service, Acadia National Park
From the abstract: "The 67 acre Bar Island is connected to the town of Bar Harbor by an exposed bar at low tide, allowing for high visitor use during short windows of time. The island has dense invasive exotic plants and in 2015 the Exotic Plant Management Team started treating these populations. In 2015 treatments were focused to reduce reproductive woody plants and to reduce the presence of Canada and bull thistles (Cirsium arvense and Cirsium vulgare). The brush created from cutting large Asiatic bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) and exotic bush honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) was dispersed out of sight to reduce aesthetic effects. The focus of 2016 management was primarily early spring foliar herbicide treatment of Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) throughout the island then cut and herbicide treatment for dense privet (Ligustrum spp.) populations on the south bank of the island; thistle management continued in the meadow portion of the island. Management in 2017 will focus on young sprouts from the seedbank."
- Type
- Poster
- Authors
- Wheeler, Jesse
- Date of Issue
- 2016-10-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Acadia National Park
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Education, exotic species, Research & Studies
See also
- 2011-2012 Bear Brook and Tarn Watersheds Invasive Exotic Plant Management Program summary
- 2013 Bear Brook and Tarn Watersheds Invasive Exotic Plant Management Program summary
- 2013 exotic plant management program summary report Acadia National Park, Maine
- 8 Years of forest health monitoring in Acadia National Park
- Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2002 Annual Summary
- Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2003 Annual Summary
- Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2004 Annual Summary
- Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2005 Annual Summary
- Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2006 Annual Summary
- Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2007 Annual Summary
- Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2008 Annual Summary
- Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2009 Annual Summary
- Acadia National Park Exotic Plant Management Program 2010 Annual Summary
- Exotic plant management in Acadia National Park, Maine: 2016 annual summary report
- Exotic plant management in Acadia National Park, Maine; 2015 annual summary report
- Exotic Plant Management Team
- Invasive species trends in Northeast Temperate Network park forests
- Managing glossy buckthorn in the Cromwell Brook Watershed of Acadia National Park
- Six years of intensive exotic plant management in Acadia National Park
- The Norway maple forest in Acadia National Park: Initial response to management