Non-Native Plant
Literature and Websites for Alaska


 
 
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The lists below contain literature pertaining to non-native plants and links to other websites with information on non-native plants. Literature is listed in reverse chronological order by author. As publications become available or websites are created they will be added to this list. If you know of additional pertinent publications or websites please contact Susan Klein at susan.klein@uaa.alaska.edu.

Literature:

Arhangelsky, K., 2006. Non-native plant species inventory of southeast Alaska: Ketchikan Wrangell Mitkof Kupreanof. Summary of 2006 survey findings. December 2006. Final Report for USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry. Turnstone Environmental Consultants, Inc. Portland, Oregon. 68 p.

Arhangelsky, K., 2005. Non-native plant species of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska . Summary of survey findings. Final Report for USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry. Turnstone Environmental Consultants, Inc. Portland, Oregon . 125 p.

Carlson, M. L. and Michael Shephard. 2007. Is the spread of non-native plants in Alaska accelerating? In: Harrington, Timothy B.; Reichard, Sarah H., tech. eds.. 2007. Meeting the challenge: invasive plants in Pacific Northwest ecosystems. en. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-694. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Pp. 111-127.

Carlson, M. L. with contributions from J.Standley. 2007. Are Pollinators Important in the Arctic? Land People and Water. U.S. Dept. of Interior web newsletter.

Carlson, M.L., Lapina, I.V. and H. Cortés-Burns. 2006. Campbell Tract Weed Inventory - Invasive Non-Native Plant Survey - 2006 . Alaska Natural Heritage Program; prepared for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK. October 2006 37p.

Chumley, J and H. Klausner. 2005. Non-native Plants of the Kenai Peninsula: Summary of a Two-Year Roadside Inventory. Final Report for The USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry by Representatives of The Kenai Peninsula Cooperative Weed Management Area. 39p.

Conn, J.S. 2006. Weed seed bank affected by tillage intensity for barley in Alaska.  Soil and Tillage Research, 90:156-161.

Conn, J., R. Gronquist, and M. Mueller. 2004. Invasive plants in Alaska: assesment of research priorities. Agroborealis 35:13-18.

Conn, J.S. 1987. Effects of tillage and straw management on Alaskan weed vegetation: a study on newly cleared land. Soil Tillage Res., 9:275-285.

Conn, J.S., W.C. Koskinen, N.R. Werdin, and J.S. Graham. 1996. Persistence of metribuzin and metabolites in two subarctic soils. J. Environ. Qual., 25:1048-1053.

Conn, J.S., K.D. Beattie, and A. Blanchard. No Date. Seed viability and dormancy of 17 weed species after 19.7 years of burial in Alaska. Unpublished Report. USDA-ARS, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. 22 p.

Cortés-Burns, H., and Carlson, M. 2006. BAER Final Report: Invasive plant monitoring following 2004 fires. USFWS National Wildlife Refuges - Alaska Region. Final report for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage, AK. October 2006. 25p.

Cortés-Burns, H., and Carlson, M. 2006. BAER Final Report: Invasive plant monitoring following 2004 fires. USFWS National Wildlife Refuges - Alaska Region.  Final report for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage, AK. February 2006. 46p.

Densmore , R.V., P.C. McKee and C. Roland. 2001. Exotic Plants in Alaskan National Park Units. U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center and Denali National Park and Preserve. [Anchorage, AK]. 150 p.

DeVelice, R.L. 2003. Non-native plant inventory: Kenai Trails. R10-TP-124. USDA Forest Service, Chugach National Forest, Anchorage, AK.
24 p.

Duffy, M. 2003. Non-native plants of Chugach National Forest: A preliminary inventory. R10-TP-111. USDA Forest Service, [Anchorage, AK]. 92 p.

Heutte, T. and M. Lamb. 2006. The Invasive Plant - Perennial Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis ssp. arvensis) in Hyder, Alaska. USDA Forest Service, Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District. 10 p.

Heutte, T. and E. Bella. 2003. Invasive plants and exotic weeds of Southeast Alaska. USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry and Chugach National Forest. [Anchorage, AK]. 79 p.

Lamb, M. and M. Shepherd. 2007. A Snapshot of Spread Locations of Invasive Plants in Southeast Alaska. USDA, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection State & Private Forestry. Alaska Region R10-MB-597. 16 p.

Lapina, I., S. C. Klein and M. L. Carlson. 2007. Non-native Plant Species of the Fairbanks Region: 2005 - 2006 Surveys. Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Anchorage, AK. Report funded and prepared for US Forest Service, State and Private Forestry. 50 p.

Lapina, I. and M.L. Carlson. 2005. Non-native plant species of Susitna, Matanuska, and Copper River Basins: Summary of survey findings and recommendations for control actions. Final report for USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Anchorage, AK. 64 p.

Nolen, A. 2002. Vetch infestations in Alaska. Prepared for: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Alaska Plant Materials Center, Division of Agriculture. Department of Natural Resources, [Palmer, AK]. 38 p.

Rapp, W. 2005. Invasive Plant Management in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Gustavus, Alaska: Summer 2005 Field Season Report. NPS/GLBA, Gustavus, AK. 102 p.

Schrader, B. and P. Hennon, compilers. 2005. Assessment of Invasive Species in Alaska and its National Forests. [USDA Forest Service, Regional Office, Anchorage, AK.] 26 p.

Shepherd, M., Huette, T., Nielsen, J. M.and C. Lindemuth. 2007. Selected Invasive Plants of Alaska. USDA, Forest Service Alaska Region R10-TP-130B. 64 p.

Alaska Laws and Regulations (regarding invasive species)

Websites:

Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plants Management (CNIPM)

Alaska Forest Insects & Diseases Leaflets

Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plants Management

Forest Health Protection - - US Forest Service

Selected Invasive Plants of Alaska - US Forest Service

Plant Materials Center - State of Alaska Division of Agriculture

Homer Soil and Water Conservation District

Homer SWC Invasives page
Homer SWC AKEPIC inventory

Upper Susitna Soil and Water Conversation Districe - Noxious and Invasive Plants

Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Invasive Species in Alaska

University of Alaska Herbarium Exotic and Invasive Plants of Alaska

University of Alaska Herbarium preliminary checklist of Alaskan Exotic Plants (Asteraceae)


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