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Invasive Plants & Animals Salt Cedar |
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Kern River Valley Invasive Species Information Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria - Kern River Valley Invasive Species Information Perennial Pepperweed, Lepidium latifolium - Kern River Valley Invasive Species Information Giant Cane, Arundo donax - Kern River Valley Invasive Species Information LINKS CNPS Policy on Invasive Exotic Plants Bureau of Land Management's Weeds Website CalFlora -- expanded weed photos and mapping California's Noxious Weeds -- a California Department of Food and Agriculture page CalWeeds Database - weed control projects inventory Cornell Report on the costs of exotics InvasiveSpecies.Gov - The Nation's Invasive Species Information System National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS) Weed Research and Information Center -- UC Davis FACT SHEETS FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Plants
Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus
altissima) General Educational What the heck is an Invasive Plant? - Printable brochure - PDF (810 KB) |
INVASIVE SPECIES ERADICATION Staff and volunteers of the Kern River Preserve have spent over two decades fighting invasive species. These efforts have paid off with one of the most native forests in western North America. Audubon and partners spend time each year eradicating invasive weeds from the South Fork Watershed. Each of us can help prevent the spread of invasive plants and animals. You can help by learning which species can become invasive and eradicate these from your own yards. Help to educate your local nurseries about the problem with invasives and get them to stop selling problem plants. Contact your legislator and local agriculture commissioner to make sure no invasives are sold or promoted in your county or town. The article that follows is a tutorial on salt cedar: one of a series of articles staff of the Kern River Preserve are preparing to educate about local invasives and some steps each of us can take to help eradicate them.
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