Invasive Plant Management

Invasive Plant Alerts — Red Alerts apply to plants that are known to be invasive and appear to be on the increase, or plants that may represent a newly invasive species.

Cal-IPC References

Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands — This book provides specific information about the biology and control of the 78 nonnative plant species that are listed by the California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) as being of greatest ecological concern in California. The full text of this book is also available online. More about the Invasive Plants of California's Wildland book...

The Weed Workers' Handbook — The Weed Workers' Handbook explains how to remove more than 35 of the San Francisco Bay Area's most invasive plants. The full text of this book is also available online. More about The Weed Workers' Handbook...

Use of Fire to Control Invasive Plants — The goal of this report is to capture the current state of knowledge on the use of fire as a tool to manage invasive plants in wildlands. More about the Use of Fire to Control Invasive Plants book...

Yellow Starthistle Management Guide — This guide begins with a description of the biology and ecology of yellow starthistle and provides a comprehensive overview of treatment methods for yellow starthistle. More about the Yellow Starthistle Management Guide...

General References

Numerous agencies and organizations produce information on control methods for invasive plants. In the future, Cal-IPC plans to have an online database that will link to information on specific species. For now, we are listing links to programs that provide their own information.

Weed Control Methods Handbook - from The Nature Conservancy's Invasive Species Initiative. Information on manual and mechanical removal, grazing, prescribed fire, biocontrol, and guidelines for herbicide use.

Element Stewardship Abstracts - Summaries of information from The Nature Conservancy.

Practical Guidebook to the Control of Invasive Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region - by the San Francisco Estuary Insititute.

California Weed Management Areas - Information on weed control projects in your county.

Integrated Pest Control Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture - Information on pest control projects in California, Noxious Times newsletter, CALWEED database of weed control projects.

Encycloweedia - Notes on identification, biology, and management of plants defined as noxious weeds by California law.

University of California Integrated Pest Management - Pest Management Notes, ecological modeling tools.

Species-Specific References

Team Arundo Del Norte - A forum of federal, state, and local organizations dedicated to the control of Arundo donax where it threatens rivers, creeks, and wetlands in Central and Northern California.

Ivy Removal Project, Portland, Oregon - Includes photos of removal techniques and information for property owners.

Yellow Starthistle Information - UC Davis Weed Research and Information Center.