be a responsible gardener
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Be a responsible gardener. It is your choice what to plant, choose wisely. Definitions. Native - plant lives or grows here naturally Exotic or non-native - plant that is not from here, thus does not have its natural predators - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Be a responsible gardener
It is your choice what
to plant,
choose wisely
Definitions
• Native - plant lives or grows here naturally• Exotic or non-native - plant that is not from here,
thus does not have its natural predators• Invasive – Exotic plant that can reproduce and
spreads into natural areas and bring economic, environmental or health problems
• Weed – any plant that people do not want to be where it is at a certain time
• Noxious weed – against the law to sell or propagate
Purple Loosestrife
Fireweed
Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Contamination – Ask questions
• Greenhouse or nursery• Soil • Gravel• Hay/Forage• Manure • Compost
Creeping Thistle
Cirsium arvense
Bird Vetch, Vicia Cracca
Volunteer Opportunities
Seward IPM 1. Exit Glacier Rd annual weed pull2. Middle school3. Mount Marathon race trail4. Resurrection River Islet5. Railroad terminal6. Caines Head State Park – Tonsina, North Beach7. 4th of July beach
Volunteer Opportunities
Seward Restoration
1. Sheffler Creek2. Schoolyard habitat program – RBCA3. 4th July beach4. Tonsina trail – switch backs
Alaska resources
• Kenai CWMA – kenaiweeds.org• Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive
Plant Management - uaf.edu/ces/pests/cnipm/• Alaska Division of Agriculture –
plants.alaska.gov/• Alaska Native Heritage Program –
aknhp.uss.alaska.edu/botany/akepic• Alaska Association of Conservation Districts –
alaskaconservationdistricts.org
Contact informationJen Kain – [email protected]
(907)224-5244Resurrection Bay Conservation
Alliance – [email protected] (907)224-4621
Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District – [email protected]
(907)283-8732 ext 108