Videos, Publications, Images & More!
Review and enjoy the various multimedia elements provided below.
Music Videos
In March of 2001 at the first Wisconsin “Plants Out of Place Conference”, the Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin was founded. A packed conference of 600 people shared their enthusiasm for starting IPAW and their knowledge about invasive plants. Ken Lonquist, a song-writer and folk-singer from Madison, was hired to close out the conference with a short concert. We asked Ken to write a song about invasive plants. The result was…
“Night of the Invasive Plants” By Ken Lonnquist
For more information on Ken, visit his website at http://www.kenland.com.
“The Forest Pest Rap”
Take two minutes, if you can, to enjoy this Forest Pest Rap, written to advertise the new United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) guide regarding forest pest prevention.
FAO’s communications specialist Tullia Baldassarri did a great job on this video.
The FAO guide provides easy to understand information on International Standards for Phytosanitary measures (ISPM’s) and how forest management practices can play a role in minimizing pest prevalence and spread. It will soon be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The English version is available and can be freely downloaded at: http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2080e/i2080e00.htm
Publications
Files are PDF format.
Title | Download | File Size |
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Native Plant Nurseries | Download | 199 KB |
Restoration Consultants | Download | 192 KB |
Restoration Consultants by County – UW | Download | 277 KB |
Suggested Mowing Times for Select Species in Southern Wisconsin | Download | 338 KB |
Suggested Timing of Control for Select Species in Southern Wisconsin | Download | 24 KB |
Wisconsin DNR – Invasive Plant Field Guide | Order | |
Wisconsin DNR – Invasive Plant Field Guide | View |
Invasive Plant Identification Videos
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Agronomy Department and UW-Extension is pleased to present a series of videos for the identification of invasive plants.
Title | Video | Time |
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Black Swallow-Wart (Vincetoxicum nigrum) | View | 2:51 |
Bush Honeysuckles (Lonicera spp.) | View | 2:53 |
Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) | View | 2:53 |
Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) | View | 2:28 |
Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) | View | 3:49 |
Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) | View | 3:20 |
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) | View | 2:04 |
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) | View | 2:20 |
Hill Mustard (Bunias orientailis) | View | 2:52 |
Japanese Hedgeparlsey (Torilis japonica) | View | 3:15 |
Japanese Hop (Humulus japonicus) | View | 2:47 |
Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) | View | 2:10 |
Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) | View | 2:59 |
Plumeless Thistle (Carduus acanthoides) | View | 2:54 |
Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) | View | 3:02 |
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) | View | 2:32 |
Wild Chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris) | View | 2:44 |
Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) | View | 2:26 |
Recipes
Files are PDF format.
Title | Download | File Size |
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Garlic Mustard | Download | 566 KB |
Japanese Knotweed | Download | 608 KB |
Prickly Ash | Download | 608 KB |
Yellow Rocket | Download | 666 KB |
Photos
Who knew invasive plants could be so much fun!