Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group
Invasive Plants in Your Backyard, A guide to their identification and control published by the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group.
Invasive Plants and Their Native Look-Alikes
Top 10 Invasives Remediation Calendar, This calendar serves as a guide to the timing of the management of the top 10 invasive plants identified by the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group.
Nix the Knotweed – Patience & Persistence Pay Off
Guidelines for Disposal of Terrestrial Invasive Plant, published by the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group.
Asian Long-Horned Beetle – A new potential threat to many of Connecticut’s native trees. This fact sheet helps you identify the Asian Long-Horned Beetle, explains it’s life cycle, compares look-alikes, identifies the trees it targets, and explains what to do if you find an Asian Long-Horned Beetle.
Jumping Worm Fact Sheet – How to identify the jumping worm, why they are a problem and how to control the spread of these invasive worms. A must read for anyone buying or selling plants.
Spotted Lanternfly – The spotted lanternfly Lycorma delicatula, (SLF) is an exotic, invasive sap-feeding planthopper that has the potential to severely impact Connecticut’s agricultural crops, particularly apples, grapes, and hops, and ornamental trees.
Elimination of Ailanthus altissima (Chinese Tree of Heaven)–Ailanthus altissima (Tree-of-Heaven, ToH) is listed as invasive in Connecticut. In addition to forming large clonal colonies that crowd out native trees and understory plants, ToH produces allelopathic chemicals that inhibit the germination of most native plants. This resource includes notes from the workshop with Peter Picone, CT DEEP.
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