Invasive Exotic Plant Monitoring at Colorado National Monument, 2017
Northern Colorado Plateau Network. 2019. Invasive Exotic Plant Monitoring at Colorado National Monument, 2017. National Park Service
This brief summarizes a report that described the results of invasive exotic plant monitoring conducted at Colorado National Monument in 2017. During monitoring on June 1–7, 2017, a total of 20 IEP species were detected on monitoring routes and transects at Colorado National Monument. Of these, 11 were priority species that accounted for 590 separate patches. Priority IEPs were most prevalent along riparian areas, averaging about one patch every 100 meters surveyed.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Northern Colorado Plateau Network
- Date of Issue
- 2019-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- COLM , NCPN
- Keywords
- Colorado National Monument, Exotic Species, Exotic/Invasive Species - Plants, invasive plants, Invasive Species, monitoring, NCPN Invasive Plants Brief, NCPN resource brief, Northern Colorado Plateau Network, Plant Studies
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Invasive Species | Invasive/Exotic plants