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Nurturing Native Nature

Nurturing Native Nature. a Gold Award project by Sarah Gaulke. What are they? . INVASIVE SPECIES: non-native species that cause economical or ecological harm VS NATIVE SPECIES: a species that is indigenous to the area where it is . Invasive Species – Japanese Stiltgrass.

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Nurturing Native Nature

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  1. Nurturing Native Nature a Gold Award project by Sarah Gaulke

  2. What are they? INVASIVE SPECIES: non-native species that cause economical or ecological harm VS NATIVE SPECIES: a species that is indigenous to the area where it is

  3. Invasive Species – Japanese Stiltgrass Greg Sykes, www.grsykes.com Greg Sykes, www.grsykes.com

  4. Invasive Species – English Ivy http://www.bernards.org/Environmental%20Commission/Document/Springtime%20Trees.htm

  5. Invasive Species - Bamboo http://www.northshoreoflongisland.com/datedimages/2012/09/27/81B45AmUu1623F07.med.jpg

  6. Invasive Species – Mile a Minute/Devil’s Tear Thumb Greg Sykes, www.grsykes.com

  7. Invasive Species – Garlic Mustard Greg Sykes, www.grsykes.com http://www.nps.gov/plants/ALIEN/fact/img/alpe1c.jpg

  8. NATIVE SPECIES http://menokin.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/dogwood.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenocissus_quinquefolia

  9. NATIVE SPECIES http://web.cortland.edu/broyles/christmasfernring.jpg http://pollen.utulsa.edu/Spring/Pollen/Maple%20Images/Red%20Maple/RedMaple_s.jpg

  10. Native Species – Poison Ivy http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy-identification.html

  11. Why is this important? • Competition for Resources • Impact on the Food Chain • Changing Ecosystem • Decrease in Biodiversity

  12. How you can help? • Volunteer at an IMA (Invasive Management Area) event • Be a steward in your own yard • Plant native plants • Eradicate invasive species • Educate others

  13. My Project • Nurturingnativenature.wordpress.com • Nurturingnativenature@gmail.com

  14. RESOURCES • http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/resource-management/ima/ • Greg Sykes (http://www.grsykes.com/) • http://www.invasive.org/index.cfm • http://www.nps.gov/plants/ALIEN/fact.htm

  15. Jeopardy!

  16. Significance Potpourri Native Plants Invasive Plants 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

  17. WHAT IS THIS PLANT? http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vMptmsR_5pw/SgBP5Z0XvnI/AAAAAAAACrA/hrMzoQvvdrE/running%252520bamboo%252520hedge.jpg

  18. BAMBOO

  19. What is this plant? http://www.library.illinois.edu/vex/toxic/engivy/6-2-16.jpg

  20. ENGLISH IVY

  21. What is this plant? http://www.trianglegardener.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Stiltgrass1web.jpg

  22. JaPaNESE STILTGRASS

  23. What is this plant? http://donwiss.com/pictures/F-2011-05-22/0021.jpg

  24. GARLIC MUSTARD

  25. What is this plant? http://www.madgardeners.com/images/photos/closeup.jpg

  26. MILE A MINUTE

  27. What is this plant? http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/vit/Parthenocissus%20quinquefolia%20vine.jpg

  28. VIRGINIA CREEPER

  29. What is this plant? http://www.treetopics.com/cornus_florida/flowering_dogwood_1677.jpg

  30. DOGWOOD

  31. What is this plant? http://web.cortland.edu/broyles/christmasfernring.jpg

  32. Christmas fern

  33. What is this plant? https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_k1gQWDJU4CEOm1rI7B4JzbhXvA1DlTSc-x5_vcA7_0JHDRJ-

  34. Red maple

  35. What is this plant? http://www.ohio-nature.com/image-files/poisonivy2.jpg

  36. Poison ivy

  37. LIST TWO WAYS TO HELP IRRADICATE INVASIVE SPECIES…

  38. http://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.pnghttp://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.png • Help the IMA and Volunteer at a Plant Pull • Educate others • Plant Native Plants • Pull Invasive Plants in your own yard!

  39. LIST TWO WAYS THAT some OF THE INVASIVE PLANTS CAME TO AMERICA…

  40. http://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.pnghttp://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.png • As packaging for Porcelain – Japanese Stiltgrass • As a possible medicine or food for settlers – Garlic Mustard • Ornamental Plant - Bamboo • Cultivated as an ‘interesting’ garden plant – Mile a Minute • Ornamental and landscaping tool – English Ivy

  41. Significance of eradicating invasive plants…

  42. http://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.pnghttp://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.png • Maintaining Biodiversity • Resource Competition • Maintaining the Food Chain • Preserving the Ecosystem

  43. Two General Characteristics of Invasive Plants…

  44. http://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.pnghttp://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.png • Fast growing • Hardy plants • Produces many seeds

  45. Example of a “well behaved” exotic plant…

  46. http://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.pnghttp://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.png • Daffodil • Tulip • Azalea

  47. Name of my website?

  48. http://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.pnghttp://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.png • Nuturingnativenature.wordpress.com

  49. What does IMA stand for?

  50. http://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.pnghttp://fairfaxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/take-back-forrest.png • Invasive Management Area

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