Invasive Plant Management Workshop

Workshop length: one-day - Jan 10, 2012

Presenters: Mike Kelly, Sandy DeSimone, Jodi Holt, David Varner and Phil Roullard

Mike Kelly, President, Kelly & Associates, San Diego Conservation Resources Network and Conservation Chair, Friends of los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve
Sandy DeSimone, Director of Research and Education, Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary
Jodi Holt, Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences and Center for Conservation Biology, UC Riverside

Workshop Content

This covers basic principles of invasive plant identification, biology, control methods, mapping and revegetation. This broad overview will provide those in the restoration field with a framework for addressing invasive plants in their work. More detailed trainings in these areas are provided in Cal-IPC’s Wildland Weed Field Courses.

Outline

Invasive plant identification

Morphology of major invasive plants
Tools to aid identification

Biology of invasive plants

Growth, reproduction and dispersal
Characteristics of major plant families
Implications for control

Control methods

General program design for integrating methods
Mechanical methods
Chemical methods
Biological methods
Cultural methods

Mapping

Spatial data in strategic planning and monitoring
Collecting data in the field
Storing, analyzing and presenting data
Levels of hardware and software systems

Revegetation

Goals and role in restoration
Selection and propagation
Planting, timing and placement
Maintenance and monitoring