Managing glossy buckthorn in the Cromwell Brook Watershed of Acadia National Park
Wheeler J, Kelley J, Burka J, Fetgatter A. 2016. Managing glossy buckthorn in the Cromwell Brook Watershed of Acadia National Park. National Park Service, Acadia National Park
From the abstract: "Glossy (alder) buckthorn, Rhamnus frangula, was identified as an exotic invasive plant and deemed a major threat to the natural areas of Great Meadow within the Cromwell Brook Watershed in 2008. The 115-acrew Great Meadow is one of the largest palustrine wetlands in Acadia National Park. The Wild Acadia initiative, led by Friends of Acadia and supported by Canon, USA Inc., has allowed the NPS to rehabilitate and protect ecosystem function in the Cromwell Brook Watershed.After nine years of management, including multiple treatments in most areas, vegetative stems of glossy buckthorn have decreased by 88% and most of the reproductive individuals have been eliminated from the wetland."
- Type
- Poster
- Authors
- Wheeler, Jesse; Kelley, Joseph; Burka, James; Fetgatter, Alexander
- Date of Issue
- 2016-10-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Acadia National Park
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Education, exotic species, invasive plants, natural resource management, Research & Studies, watersheds, wetlands
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 exotic plants on Bar Island, Acadia National Park, ME
- Six years of intensive exotic plant management in Acadia National Park
- The Norway maple forest in Acadia National Park: Initial response to management