City of Rocks Invasive Plant Inventory
Prather TS. 2003. City of Rocks Invasive Plant Inventory
Strategic planning for invasive plant management is essential to decrease the total area infested, remove species of limited distribution and detect new invaders. An inventory of invasive species is fundamental to development of a strategic plan. The National Park Service, at City of Rocks began the process to develop a strategic plan with the initiation of an inventory. Concurrent with that inventory process should be initial action to begin control of infestations. This report will outline the methods employed to conduct the survey, summarize the findings and provide a brief outline of strategic planning rather than in-depth planning which is beyond the scope of the project. In general, a strategic approach involves determining the extent of the problem by species, the location of the infestations with respect to sensitive features, location of infestation with respect to serving as a source for dispersal, the size of the infestation, and the potential for ecological modification by the species. Attention to these details will help formulate a strategy.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Prather, Timothy
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Units
- CIRO , UCBN
- Keywords
- Invasive Plant, Invasive Plant Inventory, Inventory, Vegetation Inventory