2003-2004 - Florida Invasive Species Partnership

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Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................... 1 Florida’s “Most Unwanted”............................................................................ 4 Old World Climbing Fern............................................................................... 5 Invasive Plant Control Methods .................................................................... 7 Invasive Plant Control Projects ...................................................................... 8 East Central Regional Working Group ................................................ 9 Florida Keys Regional Working Group ............................................... 23 Mosquito Coast Regional Working Group .......................................... 36 Northeast Regional Working Group .................................................... 48 Panhandle Regional Working Group ................................................... 50 Southeast Regional Working Group .................................................... 60 Southwest Regional Working Group ................................................... 84 Sun Coast Regional Working Group ................................................... 97 Treasure Coast Regional Working Group ........................................... 117 West Central Regional Working Group................................................ 134 Withlacoochee Regional Working Group ............................................ 148 Melaleuca Program ........................................................................................ 162 NPS Projects .................................................................................................. 168 Herbicide Bank .............................................................................................. 171 Contract Management Assistance .................................................................. 172 Summary of Uplands Operations (1997-2004) ............................................. 177
Introduction Florida’s Upland Invasive Exotic Plant Management Program With its subtropical climate, an island-like topography, and the pressures of a rapidly expanding human population, Florida is especially vulnerable to invasion by non-native (introduced, exotic, alien) species. Florida is listed along with Hawai'i, California, and Louisiana as one of the states with the highest number of non-native species, both plants and animals. The South Florida region alone is home to more introduced plants than any other region within other states. Thirty years ago, a Smithsonian publication described tropical Florida as a “biological cesspool of introduced life.” While South Florida has been hardest hit by this invasion of alien species, the problem is statewide in scope. Compounding the problems caused by this ongoing invasion is a lack of awareness by citizens and tourists alike about the invasiveness of non-native species introduced into the Florida environment. Florida covers 36 million surface acres, with over 10 million acres in public ownership owned and managed for natural resource protection. Invasive exotic plants have invaded approximately fifteen percent of these public conservation lands, affecting an ecotourism economy valued at nearly $8 billion annually. When our state was first named La Florida, its profusely blooming foliage was composed of a panoply of colorful native plants. Today, exotic species comprise roughly one-third of Florida's plant life. Many of these newer botanical residents support the economically important agricultural and horticultural industries; however, there are always a few bad apples in any barrel (tropical soda apple, for one). An estimated ten percent of the thousands of non-native plants in Florida are invasive, that is plants that pose a threat to natural systems. Invasive exotic plant species, lacking control by their native diseases and predators, spread explosively and outcompete and replace vital native species on public and private land. The resulting infestations diminish wildlife habitat, decrease recreational resources, and negatively affect the natural health and economy of the state. Some invaders change the composition, structure, and/or processes of native plant and animal communities. Most easily observed are the obvious examples of displacement: the invader forms a dense one-species stand (monoculture) where once there was a rich assembly of native species, resulting in a loss of biodiversity. A number of populations of Florida’s rarest plants have been lost in this fashion. Other invaders modify habitat processes, for example, by changing the natural flow or percolation of water or by increasing the chance of fires in habitats not adapted to fire. Once invasive plants become established in native habitats, eradication is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve; therefore, continuous maintenance of invasive exotic plants is needed to sustain wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities while preserving native plant communities on public conservation lands. The 1997 Legislature charged the Bureau of Invasive Plant Management with the task of creating a program to bring invasive exotic upland plant species under maintenance control. A maintenance control program, as defined in §369.22, F.S., is “a method for the control of exotic plants in which control techniques are utilized in a coordinated manner on a continuous basis in order to maintain the plant population at the lowest feasible level.” 1
Page 1 and 2: Upland Invasive Exotic Plant Manage
Page 3 and 4: In In Dedication Dedication This An
Page 5: Executive Summary Over one million
Page 9 and 10: The Upland Invasive Exotic Plant Ma
Page 11 and 12: Old World Climbing Fern - New World
Page 13 and 14: Invasive Plant Control Methods Herb
Page 15 and 16: East Central Regional Working Group
Page 17 and 18: Property boundary of Three Lakes WM
Page 19 and 20: Target Plants Common Name FLEPPC Ra
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Page 23 and 24: Shingle Creek Recreational Preserve
Page 25 and 26: Lake Tohopekaliga County: Osceola P
Page 27 and 28: Geneva Wilderness Area County: Semi
Page 29 and 30: Florida Keys Regional Working Group
Page 31 and 32: Florida Keys Wildlife and Environme
Page 33 and 34: Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Bo
Page 35 and 36: Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trai
Page 37 and 38: National Key Deer Refuge County: Mo
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Page 41 and 42: Curry Hammock State Park County: Mo
Page 43 and 44: Pine Island Conservation Area Count
Page 45: Merritt Island National Wildlife Re
Page 48 and 49: Archie Carr National Wildlife Refug
Page 50 and 51: Volusia County Public Conservation
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Panhandle Regional Working Group Th
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Eglin Air Force Base Target Plants
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Apalachicola River Water Management
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Blackwater River State Forest A GIS
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Lake Jackson Mounds State Archeolog
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Southeast Regional Working Group Th
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John U. Lloyd Beach State Park A de
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Big Cypress National Preserve Count
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Matheson Hammock Park 67 Plants Tre
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Model Lands Basin County: Miami-Dad
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71 Comparison of 2003 (before proje
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Southern Glades Wildlife and Enviro
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Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area Cou
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Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area Cou
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Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area Lar
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J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Ar
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Southwest Regional Working Group Th
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Australian pines tower over other c
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Collier-Seminole/Fakahatchee Strand
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Rookery Bay National Estuarine Rese
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Big Hickory Island Preserve County:
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Estero Bay Preserve State Park Coun
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Cayo Costa State Park (Barrier Isla
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Alafia River State Park County: Hil
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Bower Tract Preserve County: Hillsb
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Rocky Creek Nature Preserve 102 Mel
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Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge
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Little Manatee River State Park Cou
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Robinson Preserve County: Manatee P
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Terra Ceia State Buffer Preserve Co
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Myakka River State Park 112 Cogon g
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Ft. De Soto Park County: Pinellas P
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Lake Seminole Park 116
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Jonathan Dickinson State Park Count
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120 Jonathan Dickinson State Park C
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122 Seabranch Preserve State Park C
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124 Hungryland Wildlife and Environ
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Hungryland Wildlife and Environment
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Bluefield Natural Area County: St.
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Indrio Savannahs Natural Area Count
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Blind Creek Park County: St. Lucie
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West Central Regional Working Group
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Fisheating Creek Wildlife Managemen
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Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest 1
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Avon Park Air Force Range County: H
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Highlands Hammock State Park County
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Lake Louisa State Park County: Lake
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Circle B Bar Reserve County: Polk P
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Withlacoochee Regional Working Grou
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Loblolly Woods County: Alachua PCL
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Crystal River Preserve State Park C
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Withlacoochee State Forest County:
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Hernando County Lands County: Herna
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Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park
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Silver River State Park County: Mar
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Melaleuca Program Melaleuca was bro
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Program Expenditures—BIPM provide
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Charlotte Harbor/Myakka River Using
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National Park Service Projects The
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Big Cypress National Preserve Count
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Contract Assistance Other state age
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Tarkiln Bayou/Big Lagoon County: Es
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Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek
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