Transcript SE-EPPC’s Invasive Plant Mapping Program

SE-EPPC’s Invasive
Plant Mapping
Program - Update
Chris Evans &
Chuck Bargeron
University of Georgia – Bugwood Network
EDDMapS
 Early Detection and Distribution Mapping
System
Training Session
 Today
 3:15 – 5:00
 Room L
EDDR/Mapping Session
 Tomorrow
 9:00 – 12:00
 Room L
Addressing Needs Using
EDDMaps
1. Distribution of Invasive Plants Across
the South
2. Electronic Early Detection System to
Allow for More Rapid Responses
3. Large Scale Cooperative Management
of New Invasive Species
Distribution of Invasive
Plants in the South
 Enter data
 View data
 Download data
Data Sharing Partners
Current Data - Statistics
 78,000 records
 8,000 point records
 460 plants
Current Data – Collections
 Herbarium records from Alabama
Universities
 Auburn
 Troy
 Jacksonville State
 USFS-FIA
 Tennessee Natural Areas Program
 NBII-SAIN and SAVEM
Southeast County Maps
Southeast County Maps
State County Maps
Point Maps – Google Maps
Point Maps – Yahoo Maps
Data Access Features
Data Downloads
Data Downloads
County – Lists
Data Entry
Data Entry
Training Session
 3 in Alabama
 Huntsville
 Montgomery
 Mobile
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One this afternoon
One planned for Chattanooga in June
One planned at FL-EPPC Annual Meeting
Online Material
Training Material
Electronic Early Detection
System
 Each state has a designated reviewer
 Responsible for verifying all data entered in
that state
 Responsible for notifying the appropriate
people when a EDRR species is reported
 Each state can designate EDRR species
that automatically are flagged
 Email sent to designated persons within the
state when a EDRR species is reported
 State EDRR Committees
Electronic Early Detection
System
 State designated EDRR list vs. SE-wide
list
 State list allows for more specificity
 Species that are common in one state may
be a EDRR species in another
 Example garlic mustard
 Common in TN and KY
 EDRR species in GA and AL
Large Scale Cooperative
Management of New Invasive
Species
 Cogongrass in Georgia, South Carolina
and Louisiana
 Japanese Knotweed in North Carolina
Cogongrass Management
 Georgia, Louisiana, and South Carolina
are the “leading edges” of cogongrass’
range
 All states have a taskforce setup to deal
with cogongrass
 All states are housing their distribution
data in EDDMapS
Cogongrass Management
Cogongrass Management
Japanese Knotweed
Management
 NC-EPPC members are working to place
Japanese Knotweed on the state’s noxious
weed list
 Compiling records of occurrences across the
state
 Herbarium records
 Observations
 Using EDDMapS to store and display all of this
data
 191 records in 38 counties
Japanese Knotweed
Management
EDDMapS
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1 year and going strong
Further compilation of collection data
Additional training sessions
Applied for Pulling Together Grant
Looking for other funding
opportunities
 Need for collaboration between all of
the mapping projects underway