Invasive Plants

Additional Resources

Textbooks/Publications

• Invasive Plants: Guide to Identification and the Impacts and Control of Common North American Species. Kaufman, Sylvan. 2013. 2nd Ed. Stackpole Books

• Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide: An Ecological Perspective of Plant Invaders of Forests and Woodlands. USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm91_054482.pdf

• Management Guide for Invasive Plants in Southern Forests. Miller, J., S. Manning, and S. Enloe. 2015. Gen. Tech. Rpt. SRS–131. USFS, Southern Research Station. 132pp. https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/36915

• Biological Control Agent for Mile-a-Minute Weed. https://mdinvasives.org/iotm/aug-2012/ 

• Mistaken Identity? Invasive Plants and their Native Look Alikes. Delaware Department of Agriculture. 68 pp. https://delawareinvasives.net/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Mistaken_Identity.5855244.pdf

• Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas. 5th ed, by Swearingen, J., B. Slattery, K. Reshetiloff, and S. Zwicker. 2014. National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, DC. 168pp. (Your coordinator may have copies of the new edition.) https://maipc.org/PlantInvadersMidAtlanticNaturalAreas5thEdition.pdf

• Invasive Species Executive Order 13112. https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/executive-order-13112

• Global Price of Invasive Species, by Rachel Nuwer. 2016. Science, Smithsonian. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/global-price-invasive-species-180959522/

Websites 

• Invasive Species. University of Maryland Extension. Includes information on invasive plants, diseases, and insects. https://extension.umd.edu/resources/#!/category/3/subcategory/841

• Maryland Invasive Species Council, https://mdinvasives.org/

• Mid-Atlantic Early Detection Network. Includes an app for reporting invasives from your mobile device, https://www.eddmaps.org/

• Maryland Department of Agriculture Invasive Plant Regulations, https://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/Pages/maryland_invasive_plants_prevention_and_control.aspx

• Noxious Weeds in Maryland. Includes a handy brochure for identification of noxious species. https://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/Pages/noxious_weeds_in_md.aspx

• Least Wanted: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas. Species fact sheets by National Park Service. https://www.invasive.org/alien/factmain.htm

Journal Articles

• Invasive Species Defined In A Policy Context: Recommendations from the Federal Invasive Species Advisory Committee. Beck, K.G. et al. 2008. Invasive Plant Science and Management 1:414-421. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/invasive-plant-science-and-management/article/abs/invasive-species-defined-in-a-policy-context-recommendations-from-the-federal-invasive-species-advisory-committee/6B7F808F29AA8F9CE1A2BF088F8DD9A5

• Update on the environmental and economic costs associated with alien-invasive species in the United States. Pimentel, D., R. Zuniga, and D. Morrison. 2005. Ecological Economics 52:273-288. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800904003027

 Educational Tools

• Common Invasive Plants: Easy ID Cards. by Maryland Department of Natural Resources. https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Documents/Invasive_plants_cards.pdf