Invasive Plant Resources

ORGANIZATIONS

The Blue Ridge Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (Blue Ridge PRISM): www.blueridgeprism.org

– Virginia Invasive Species Working Group: https://www.invasivespeciesva.org/

North American Invasive Species Management Assoc.: https://www.naisma.org

SELECTED RESOURCES

– VCE Loudoun MG Invasive Plant Site Assessments:   https://loudouncountymastergardeners.org/programs/invasive-site-assessment/

– Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Invasive Species Fact Sheets:  https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/invspfactsheets

– DCR Natural Heritage Invasive Plant Species of Virginia: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/invspinfo

Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF) Non-Invasive Plant Species Control Treatments:https://dof.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/FT0031-Nonnative-Invasive-Plant-Species-Control-Treatments_pub.pdf

– Virginia Invasives Plant List (Updated 2023): https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/document/nh-invasive-plant-list-2023.pdf

PUBLICATIONS/GUIDEBOOKS

– Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas: https://www.invasive.org/alien/pubs/midatlantic/midatlantic.pdf

– A Management Guide for Invasive Plants in Southern Forests: https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs131.pdf

A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests: https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs119.pdf

RECORDED WEBINARS

Spring/Summer Invasive Plant Online Workshop: Identification of Invasive Plants.  Blue Ridge PRISM, March 26, 2024.  Passcode: py8iEH#C: https://mailchi.mp/blueridgeprism/spring-summer-id-webinar-2024-10289410?e=f463417b28

– Spring/Summer Invasive Plant Online Workshop: Management and Control of Invasive Plants.  Blue Ridge PRISM, March 27, 2024.  Passcode: #mj?y5+z: https://mailchi.mp/blueridgeprism/spring-summer-control-webinar-2024-10289414?e=f463417b28