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Protecting, enhancing, and promoting northwest Michigan's natural communities through terrestrial invasive plant management and outreach. Katie Grzesiak, Invasive Species Network Coordinator HabitatMatters.org
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Protecting, enhancing, and promoting northwest Michigan's natural communities
through terrestrial invasive plant management and outreach.
Katie Grzesiak, Invasive Species Network Coordinator
HabitatMatters.org
Garfield Township City of Traverse City Rotary Camps and Services Grand Traverse County The Nature Conservancy
National Park Service Grand Traverse Hiking Club Grand Traverse Audubon Club Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
Major Partners:
Funding provided by:
Habitat Matters For People
For Wildlife
For Northwest Michigan
Courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural
Resources
Michigan Land Cover circa 2006
US Averages: 40% agriculture 55% urban, suburban, and other “disturbed” landscapes 3-5% undisturbed
Sources: U.S. Department of Agriculture Doug Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home.
Habitat Matters
Mike Davis Mike Davis
Milkweeds
Angie Lucas
Tim Lindenbaum Karen Oberhauser
Monarchs in Trouble
Elms support 213 species of moths and butterflies.
Nature’s Vast, Unseen World
Bird Food
Double-toothed prominent (Nerice bidentata) on an elm leaf.
Basswood (Tilia americana) supports over 150 species of caterpillars
checkered-fringe prominent Schizura ipomoeae
Nature’s Vast, Unseen World
Bird Food
Pandorus Sphinx Moth, Eumorpha pandorus, on a virginia creeper at Kids Creek Park.
Nature’s Vast, Unseen World
Carol Groves
Nature’s Vast, Unseen World
Northern spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus).
Hosts: spicebush (Lindera benzoin), sassafras (Sassafras albidum).
Lisa Brown
Nature’s Vast, Unseen World
Nature’s Vast, Unseen World
Source: Tallamy, Doug. Bringing Nature Home. Timber Press, 2007.
Woody Plants Ranked by Ability to Support Butterfly/Moth Species
Common Name Genus Species Supported
oak Quercus 534
willow Salix 456
cherry, plum Prunus 456
birch Betula 413
elm Ulmus 213
pine Pinus 203
chestnut Castanea 125
Habitat is Beautiful
Carolyn Thayer, Designs in Bloom
Jim Bruek
Landscapes
Habitat is Beautiful Jim Bruek
Landscapes
Habitat is Beautiful
Landscapes
John Beetham
John Beetham
Dan Mullen
Habitat is Beautiful
Blooms
Mark Brand
Jordi Chueca
Habitat is Beautiful
Forms
Joshua Mayer
Tom Potterfield
Phillip Merritt
Habitat is Beautiful
Greenery
Habitat is Beautiful Superior National Forest
Kurt Wagner
Wildlife Use
Nature’s Vast, Unseen World
Source: Tallamy, Doug. Bringing Nature Home. Timber Press, 2007.
Woody Plants Ranked by Ability to Support Butterfly/Moth Species
Common Name Genus Species Supported
oak Quercus 534
willow Salix 456
cherry, plum Prunus 456
birch Betula 413
elm Ulmus 213
pine Pinus 203
chestnut Castanea 125
How Long Until “Non-Native” Becomes “Native?”
Invasive Phragmites
Hosting Capacity of Alien Plants Introduced to North America
Plant Species Herbivores Supported in
Homeland
Herbivores Supported in
North America
Years Since Introduction to North America
Black sally 48 species 1 species 100
Melaleuca tree 409 species 8 species 120
Indian fig cactus 16 species 0 species 250
Invasive phragmites
170 species
5 species 300+
Source: Tallamy, Doug. Bringing Nature Home. Timber Press, 2007.
How long does change take?
What’s Invasive? Few natural predators
Native monarch caterpillar eating native milkweed leaf
Massive seed production
Invasive honeysuckle
Non-native
Jake Hendee
Wolfgang Meinhart Frankenstoen, Bugwood.org
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Archive, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Bugwood.org
Purple loosestrife beetle introduced for biocontrol
Michigan Natural Features Inventory
What’s Invasive?
Jörg Hempel
Saffron Blaze
Environmental harm – a natural area consisting mostly of one or a combination of introduced plants that provide minimal habitat value.
Formal definition – a non-native species that harms people, the environment, or the economy.
Imported accidentally Invasive Phragmites
John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org
How Do They Get Here?
Imported for food or medicine Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
Garlic mustard
Planted to manage soil erosion
Mark Lindsay
Imported for gardens
Glossy/common
buckthorn
Autumn olive
Invasive ID Guide Developed by ISN Partners in October 2010 Lists plants with greatest impacts Half of the Top 20 plants still sold for landscape use
Top 20 “Least Wanted” Species
Reporting Report invasive species sightings to
http://www.misin.msu.edu/report
Partnerships—Using Invasives • Autumn Berry Preserves
– Invasive autumn olive fruit • Product already being made
– ISN labeling – Education vs. Promotion
• Control still #1!
• Garlic Mustard Paper – Workbee-pulled garlic mustard
• 4,000+ lbs wet for 250 lbs dry • = 20,000+ sheets = 40,000+ cards
– “Habitat Matters” Holidays 2014
Go Beyond Beauty Go Beyond Beauty—for wildlife habitat, healthy waters,
and bountiful gardens. A program to remove invasive species from local nurseries’ and
landscapers’ inventory.
• Keep ornamental invasives from spreading due to planting
• Outreach & education about participants’ efforts to preserve native habitat
“Alternatives” Brochure
Invasive Ornamentals
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Steven J. Baskauf Mark Brand
Mark Lindsay
Shaun Howard, TNC
Kristian Peters
John M. Randall
Davesgarden.com Ted Bodner
State-Banned Ornamentals
Olivier Pichard
Matthew Bertrand
John D. Byrd
Early Detection Invasive Ornamentals
Jerry Kirkhart
Gernot Hochmueller
University of Connecticut, Horticulture
Enchanted Gardens Design
Jill Fejszes
Wasyl Bakowsky
Protecting, enhancing, and promoting Northwest Michigan's natural communities through terrestrial
invasive plant management and outreach.
Questions?
Katie Grzesiak (231) 941-0960x29 [email protected] HabitatMatters.org
