PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE

Mapping Purple Loosestrife (Great Lakes Indian fish and Wildlife Commission 
    http://www.glifwc-maps.org/
Through a GIS mapping interface, this Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission database depicts the known Wisconsin/Upper Michigan distribution of purple loosestrife, one of the most pervasive non-native plant species in the Great Lakes region. Users can view, query and print maps that also illustrate existing and potential biological control sites

Purple Loosestrife (Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters) 
    http://www.ofah.org/invading/invading.htm
This site provides brief description of purple loosestrife and Ontario distribution map.

Purple Pages: Michigan State University
    http://www.msue.msu.edu/seagrant/pp/
This page introduces the Purple Loosestrife Project at Michigan State University. You can learn more about the biological control project, which engages citizens and young adults in the control of purple loosestrife using the plant own natural enemies.

Purple Loosestrife: Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
    http://www.glifwc.org/weeds/index.htm
This page includes useful information concerning the exotic plant in the ceded territories of northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Also includes natural history, distribution, control, links, and bibliography. 

Loosestrife Cafe, Upper Great Lakes Weed Mapping Project: Northland College   
    http://ims.northland.edu/Weeds/weedmaps.html
This web site provides access to an interactive GIS database of invasive non-native plants in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. The site currently provides spatial data for purple loosestrife populations in northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan. Watch for expanded loosestrife distribution data in the near future as well as additional plant species.


Purple Loosestrife Control Agents: Cornell University
    http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/bcontrol/purple.htm
This site includes origin, ecology, distribution and spread, control methods, and introduced control agents. They explain European natives (a weevil and two beetles) were introduced in 1992 as part of a 5-15 year program to control purple loosestrife (Weevils: Hylobius transversovittatus and Nanophyes marmoratus; Beetles: Galerucella calmariensis and G. pusilla)


Purple Loosestrife, Noxious Weed Identification: King County, Washington
    
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/LANDS/Weeds/lstrife.htm

Purple Loosestrife: What You Should Know, What You Can Do: Minnesota Sea Grant
   http://www.d.umn.edu/seagr/areas/exotic/purple.html
This page Includes history of introduction in North America, guidelines for distinguishing loosestrife from native look-alikes, and information on various control methods.

Purple Loosestrife in the Great Lakes Region: Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
   
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/loosestf.html
This site provides overview, general resources, and related resources of purple loosestrife.

Purple Loosestrife: National Agricultural Pest Information (NAPI)
    http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/pests/pls/index.html
This site provides very detailed maps of U.S. purple loosestrife distribution and biocontrol release, facts, news and related sites.  

Element Stewardship Abstract for Lythrum salicaria :TNC Wildland Weed Management and Research Library   http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/documnts/lythsal.html
This site includes general information, and detailed control information. 

Species Abstracts of highly Disruptive Exotic Plants at Effigy Mounds National Monument, Lythrum salicaria: US Geological Survey, Northern Prarie Wildlife Research Center      
    http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/exoticab/effilyth.htm
This site provides general description, biology/ecology, distribution, control, and references.

Purple Loosestrife Online Brochure: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources   
   
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/invasive/info/loose2.htm
This site provides general and regional information, current extent, and control methods. 

Purple Loosetrife Info Centre (Manitoba Project)
    http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/invasive/info/loose2.htm
This site provides useful bibliographic references, resource materials, news, and brochure.

Purple Loosestrife: Lakehead Region Conservation Authority
   
http://www.lakeheadca.com/lsstrife.htm
This site provides general information, history, impact, control methods, and space for reporting your sighting of purple loosestrife. 

Invasive Exotic Plants of Canada Fact Sheet No. 4 (Purple Loosestrife): Invasive Plants of Canada Project
    http://infoweb.magi.com/~ehaber/factpurp.html

Biological Control Laboratory: University of Guelph  
   
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~obcp/    
Photo documentation of biocontrol agents and effects

Purple Loosestrife Biological Control in Illinois: Illinois Natural History Survey
   
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/loosestrife/bcpl.html


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