• Recommended Websites for Invasive Plant Information - Click for a printable, Adobe Acrobat version suitable for handing out. (Also includes Vermont Plant Quarantine Rule: Class A and B species)

·    http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu                  
TNC's "Invasives on the Web" - Includes invasive species fact sheets, information on controlling invasives and a wide variety of invasive exotic species information.

·    www.newfs.org/invasive/invasive.htm              
New England Wild Flower Society - A list of books and articles about invasive plants, their identification, distribution, and control methods. Also includes pictures and questions/answers about a few specific invasive plants.

·    www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/waterq/ans/ans-index.htm  
Vermont Department of Environment Conservation - This Aquatic Nuisance Species section of the Water Quality Division web site presents information regarding aquatic nuisance species. The Vermont DEC manages the Vermont Aquatic Nuisance Control Program. The goal of the Program is "to prevent or reduce the environmental and socio-economic impacts of nuisance (primarily non-native) aquatic plant and animal species." Many species are included in the Program; however, the priority species at this time are listed at the site.

·    www.des.state.nh.us/wmb/exoticspecies          
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services - The DES Exotic Species Program coordinates activities associated with the control and management of exotic aquatic plants, as well as activities associated with the implementation of education programs and volunteer plant monitoring programs.

·    www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg/
Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group-Invasive Plants Management Guide - a helpful management guide that includes fact sheets and invasive plant control information.

·    www.nps.gov/plants/alien/factmain.htm          
Plant Conservation Alliance - Illustrated, easy-to-read fact sheets on invasive alien plants with native ranges, plant descriptions, ecological threats, U.S. distributions & habitats, background of introductions, plant reproduction & dispersal, management approaches, alternative native plants, and other useful information.

·    www.cropsci.ncsu.edu/aquaticweeds/comturf/turf.htm      
Water Gardens, Aquascaping, Lake Restoration and Aquatic Weeds - This site was created by a professor in North Carolina but contains general information that would be helpful for northeastern aquatic environments.

·    members.valley.net/~invasiveplants/
Upper Valley Purple Loosestrife Coalition - An informative site based in the Upper Connecticut River Valley describing common northeast invasive plants such as Purple Loosestrife, Garlic Mustard, Shrub Honeysuckles and Glossy Buckthorn. Information is included on natural history of the weeds and how to control them.

·    http://invasions.bio.utk.edu
The Institute for Biological Invasions - The IBI site has an extensive library on biological invasions consisting of books, journal articles, government reports, conference proceedings, magazine and newspaper articles, and other 'gray' literature. In addition they provide links to sites about invasives policies and programs, specific species information, databases, recent invasives news, and sites by region, habitat and taxon.

·    http://www.lastgreatplaces.org/berkshire/issues/art6404.html
A Nature Conservancy 'Last Great Place', The Berkshire Taconic Landscape - This site discusses frequently asked questions about invasive plants such as: What is being done about the invasives problem? What can I do about the invasive plant problem? How do invasives arrive in the first place, and how do they spread? The Berkshire-Taconic Program also explores additional resources to learn more about invasive plants.

Contact Vermont Master Gardener at master.gardener@uvm.edu.
Contact webmaster sarah.kingsley@uvm.edu with questions or comments about this web site.

Vermont Master Gardener is an integral part of the University of Vermont Extension Home Horticulture Program

Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. University of Vermont Extension, Burlington, Vermont.University of Vermont Extension and U.S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating, offer education and employment to everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, or marital or familial status.