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)
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.
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
Biological
Control Laboratory: University of Guelph Purple
Loosestrife Biological Control in Illinois: Illinois Natural History Survey
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